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Tuesday 26 October 2021
The Manager Market Announcement Office Australian Securities Exchange Limited 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000
REGENEUS LTD (ASX:RGS) FINAL AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2021 ANNUAL REPORT
Attached for immediate release to the market is Regeneus's 2021 Annual Report containing the final audited results for the year ended 30 June 2021.
Regeneus, in accordance with the class waiver from Listing Rule 4.3B, released its Appendix 4E on 31 August 2021 including its unaudited Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2021 At the time of lodgment of the Appendix 4E, Regeneus provided the following information to the market:
- that it was relying on the Amended ASIC Relief to extend the lodgment date for its audited annual accounts and other documents to be lodged with ASIC under section 320 of the Corporations Act; and
- that it would immediately make a further announcement to the market if it became aware that there would be a material difference between the unaudited annual accounts and the audited annual accounts.
Subsequent to the release of the Appendix 4E, the audit of the Financial Statements has now been completed. As a result, Regeneus has become aware of material differences between its unaudited Financial Statements lodged on 31 August 2021 and its audited Financial Statements being lodged today.
Those differences largely arose as a result of the following matters:
- valuation of New Life Sciences Capital investment: the formal valuation of the institutional placement agreement entered into with New Life Sciences Capital, LLC and the initial investment of \$1,500,000 made by New Life Sciences on 12 May 2021 under which the Company granted New Life Sciences the right to subscribe for ordinary shares in the Company with an aggregate value of \$1,590,000 in respect of this initial subscription and a further investment of \$1,500,000 in a second placement (also with a subscription price of \$1,590,000) to be received within 6 months of the initial placement;

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- valuation of investment in Sangui Bio Pty Ltd: the Company's investment in a research company, Sangui Bio Pty Ltd, which was previously considered as immaterial and which has been valued at \$1.7 million as at balance date, with an increase in value of \$525k being shown in the current period. This investment is now included as a non-current financial asset (investment) and is measured at fair value through the Profit or Loss; and
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- share options: the company made adjustments to the fair value recorded for employee share options.
There were no other material changes to the Financial Statements.
The impact of these changes, and other minor changes, to the Financial Statements is detailed in the attached Schedule.
Yours faithfully
Helen Leung Company Secretary
This announcement was authorised by the Board of Directors of Regeneus Ltd.

SCHEDULE
Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income
| For the year ended 30 June | 30 June 2021 Audited Financial Statements |
30 June 2021 Unaudited Preliminary Financial Statements |
|---|---|---|
| \$ | \$ | |
| Revenue | 7,067,026 | 7,067,026 |
| Other income | 888,796 | 888,796 |
| Research and development expenses | (1,444,013) | (1,295,851) |
| Occupancy expenses | (134,447) | (282,609) |
| Corporate expenses | (3,852,700) | (3,947,475) |
| Finance costs | (404,503) | (75,039) |
| Gain on Disposal of Regeneus Japan Inc | - | - |
| Loss on disposal of fixed assets | - | - |
| Fair value increase/(decrease) in institutional placement | 137,198 | (178,540) |
| Fair value increase on investments | 525,000 | - |
| Gain on settlement of AGC Inc | 266 | 266 |
| Realised foreign exchange loss | (140,961) | (82,664) |
| Foreign exchange gain | 117,399 | 59,101 |
| Profit/(loss) before income tax | 2,759,061 | 2,153,011 |
| Income tax (expense) / benefit | - | - |
| Profit/(loss) for the year | 2,759,061 | 2,153,011 |
| Other comprehensive (expense) / income | - | - |
| Total comprehensive income / (loss) for the year | 2,759,061 | 2,153,011 |
| Earnings per share | 30 June 2021 Audited Financial Statements \$ |
30 June 2021 Unaudited Preliminary Financial Statements \$ |
|---|---|---|
| Basic earnings per share | ||
| Earnings per share from continuing operations | 0.009 | 0.007 |
| Diluted earnings per share | ||
| Earnings per share from continuing operations | 0.009 | 0.007 |

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
| As at 30 June | 30 June 2021 Audited Financial Statements \$ |
30 June 2021 Unaudited Preliminary Financial Statements \$ |
|---|---|---|
| Current Assets | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 3,792,695 | 3,792,695 |
| Trade and other receivables | - | - |
| R&D incentive receivable | 751,428 | 751,428 |
| Other current assets | 112,152 | 112,152 |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | 2,070,227 | 570,227 |
| Total current assets | 6,726,502 | 5,226,502 |
| Non-current assets | ||
| Other financial assets | 1,750,000 | - |
| Property, plant and equipment |
20,849 | 20,849 |
| Right of use assets under lease | 12,992 | 12,992 |
| Intangible assets | - | - |
| Total non-current assets | 1,783,841 | 33,841 |
| Total assets | 8,510,343 | 5,260,343 |
| Current liabilities | ||
| Trade and other payables | 1,108,116 | 1,108,116 |
| Provisions | 183,379 | 183,379 |
| Borrowings | - | - |
| Lease liabilities | 5,296 | 5,296 |
| Contract liabilities Total current liabilities |
- 1,296,791 |
- 1,296,791 |
| Non-current liabilities | ||
| Lease liabilities | 8,547 | 8,547 |
| Provisions | 16,738 | 16,738 |
| Derivative financial instrument | 3,042,802 | 1,528,206 |
| Total non-current liabilities | 3,068,087 | 1,553,491 |
| Total liabilities | 4,364,878 | 2,850,282 |
| Net assets | 4,145,465 | 2,410,061 |
| Equity | ||
| Issued capital | 38,258,870 | 38,286,543 |
| Other contributed equity | - | - |
| Accumulated losses | (34,648,789) | (36,479,839) |
| Reserves | 535,384 | 603,357 |
| Total equity | 4,145,465 | 2,410,061 |

Annual Report 2021
Regeneus Ltd ABN 13 127 035 358
Who we are
Regeneus Ltd (ASX: RGS) is an ASX listed clinical stage regenerative medicine company using stem cell technologies to develop a portfolio of novel cell-based therapies focussed on neuropathic pain, including osteoarthritis and various skin conditions. The Company has two platform technologies, Progenza and Sygenus.
The Company's strategy focuses on bringing Progenza to commercialisation in Japan, targeting osteoarthritis (OA).

Contents
| Letter from CEO and Chairman | 3 |
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| Directors' report | 5 |
| Auditor's independence declaration | 19 |
| Consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income |
20 |
| Consolidated statement of financial position | 21 |
| Consolidated statement of changes in equity | 22 |
| Consolidated statement of cash flows | 23 |
| Notes to the consolidated financial statements | 24 |
| Directors' declaration | 51 |
| Independent auditor's report | 52 |
| Shareholders information | 56 |

Letter from CEO and Chairman

Dear Shareholders
We are pleased to share Regeneus' FY2021 Annual Report for what has been a transformational year for the Company.
Regeneus made great progress, working collaboratively with Kyocera to meet program milestones since signing our Collaboration Agreement with Kyocera to develop and commercialise Progenza for osteoarthritis in Japan. We have also initiated the early work and preparation for future Progenza studies in the US and recently entered an exciting new partnership with the Australian Department of Defence to develop Sygenus, Regeneus' stem cell bioactive secretome technology, for combat casualty care with a first in human study on pain. The year also saw the award of key patents for both Progenza and Sygenus across multiple markets, supporting our robust IP portfolio strategy.
The Board was pleased to appoint Karolis Rosickas as CEO midyear to lead Regeneus in delivering key R&D activities and explore business development opportunities. We have also streamlined the business, with a strict focus on operating costs and the Company is now operating in its newly optimised structure.
Q4 FY2021 saw up to A\$4.5 million secured in a successful three-stage placement to fund the initiation of Progenza™ Osteoarthritis (OA) Phase 2 trial in the US and for general working capital needs. These funds have given us access to capital to quickly complete the preparatory work to initiate US Phase 2 trial and allow us to continue to build on the progress we have made in 2021.


Progress on Progenza™
Our collaboration with Kyocera on Progenza™ for knee osteoarthritis (AO) in Japan has progressed positively over 2021 with continued preparatory work to progress to Phase 2 and move toward application for regulatory approval. Over the year we have commenced initial manufacturing work as well as early engagement with the Japanese regulator, PDMA. In Q4 FY2021, we finalised and commenced with Kyocera the additional non-clinical and manufacturing process work required for commencement of Phase 2 in Japan. The Progenza pre-clinical research collaboration announced in July 2021 with Kolling Institute's Raymond Purves Bone and Joint Research Laboratory supports this work for Japan and our preparations for a US Phase 2 study.
In the US, we initiated the FDA pre-IND consultation preparation process during FY2021, working with global consultancy and clinical research organisation IQVIA and we anticipate meeting with the FDA in Q2 FY2022. The Company has also entered into a manufacturing agreement for the US GMP final product.
Over FY2021 we also saw positive progress on our suite of patent protection expanding successfully for Progenza™ as planned with patents granted in Europe and Japan for the treatment of pain, supplementing previously granted patents for inflammatory conditions.
Going forward, we anticipate receipt of the next milestone payment of US\$3.0 million under the Collaboration and Licence Agreement with Kyocera in December 2022.
We are actively exploring options for this additional funding to progress Progenza™ into Phase 2 trials and beyond in the US market. These include public development funding opportunities, future licensing and commercialisation partnerships, and potential future capital raising activity. The US Progenza™ OA Phase 2 trial is anticipated to launch in Q2 CY2022 subject to securing further additional funding.
Sygenus Development
The Company moved into an exciting next step in development of Sygenus, Regeneus' stem cell bioactive secretome technology, by entering a partnership in Q4 FY2021 with the Australian Department of Defence to develop Sygenus for combat casualty care. Funding of A\$300,000 will be used to optimise the Sygenus formulation for combat casualties and conduct a first in human study on pain. Sygenus will be used as an analgesic gel applied to damaged tissue, with Regeneus having previously reported how the analgesic effect of Sygenus is more potent and longer lasting than morphine, the mainstay for acute severe battlefield pain.
During FY2021, Regeneus was also awarded several Sygenus patents including a US patent for treatment of a broad range of non-inflammatory conditions with adipose derived secretions, extending protection to 2032. A further patent was also granted in Canada for treatment of acne, extending to 2032.
Financial Highlights & Outlook
For FY 2021, Regeneus reported significant growth with A\$7.1 million in revenues, comprising payment and accruals of related milestone payments in relation to the ongoing licensing and collaboration arrangements with Kyocera to develop Progenza™ for osteoarthritis in Japan. The Company also recorded a profit for FY2021 of \$2.76 million, which reflects the transformative agreement with Kyocera and receipt of related licensing and milestone payments during the financial year. The Board anticipates continued positive progress in the Progenza program in Japan over FY2022, with continued investment in R&D activities and development of our US program.
In Q4 FY2021, the Company successfully secured up to A\$4.5 million in a threestage placement of the Company's ordinary shares to New Life Sciences Capital, LLC, a U.S.-based institutional investor. Funds from the Placements will be used to accelerate the work needed to initiate a Progenza™ OA Phase 2 trial in the US and to fund general working capital needs. This includes our ongoing work in FY2022 with regulatory consultants in preparation for pre-IND consultation with the US FDA, initiating GMP final product manufacturing, and preparatory work with Clinical Research Organisations to conduct the Phase 2 trial.
Looking ahead to FY2022, business operations are now fully optimised to focus on R&D delivery and potential business development opportunities while keeping a strict focus on operating costs. We look forward to continued success in progressing our collaboration with Kyocera for the development of Progenza™ for knee osteoarthritis in Japan.
The Company is actively exploring all options for additional funding to progress Progenza™ into Phase 2 trials and beyond in the US market. There remains large unmet medical need in treating knee osteoarthritis and significant market potential for next generation therapeutics.
Options being considered include public development funding opportunities, future licensing and commercialisation partnerships and potential future capital raising activity. We are also in discussions with several large pharmaceutical and orthopaedic companies to explore potential strategic partnerships and licensing opportunities for Progenza™ outside Japan.
The Board would like to thank all shareholders for their ongoing support, as well as the Regeneus team and our clinical and research partners for their work in what has been a challenging year as the world responded to COVID-19.
We look forward to updating you on progress as we explore all the available options and move forward in progressing on the longerterm potential of Regeneus' platform and pipeline candidates.
Barry Sechos, Chairman Karolis Rosickas, CEO
FY21 Highlights
\$7.1M
Revenue, up 325% from \$1.67 million FY20.
\$2.76M
Net profit in FY2021.
\$300k
Committed funding from Australian Department of Defence to develop Sygenus for combat casualty care.
\$3.8M
Cash Balance to drive R&D and business development activities.
Transformative Licence and Collaboration Agreement
with Kyocera Corporation to exclusively develop and commercialise Progenza™ for treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in Japan.
Positive collaboration with Kyocera over FY21
moving forward on development of Progenza™ OA in Japan with preparatory work to progress to Phase 2 and move toward application for regulatory approval.
Initiated US FDA pre-IND consultation preparation
indications. process, entered manufacturing agreement for US GMP final product & conducting required non-clinical work for US market.
Partnered with Australian Department of Defence
with \$300k of committed future funding to develop Sygenus, our stem cell bioactive secretome technology, for combat casualty care with first in human study on pain.
IP Portfolio strengthened
for Progenza™ and Sygenus platform technologies across key markets and
Successful CEO transition
with the appointment of experienced executive and healthcare entrepreneur Karolis Rosickas to lead Regeneus' next phase of growth.
Newly optimised structure
with streamlining of costs over FY2021, ensuring key R&D activities and business development supported.


Directors' report
Your Directors present their report for Regeneus Ltd and its controlled entities (the Group) for the financial year ended 30 June 2021.
Directors
The names of the Directors in office at any time during or since the end of the year are:
Barry Sechos Non-executive Chairman
Professor Graham Vesey CSO and Executive Director
Leo Lee Non-executive Director Resigned as CEO and Executive Director 2nd November 2020. Appointed as Non-executive Director 2nd November 2020.
Dr John Chiplin Non-executive Director
Dr Alan Dunton Non-executive Director Resigned 25 February 2021
Directors have been in office since the start of the financial year to the date of this report unless otherwise stated.
Chairman
Barry Sechos has served on the Board since 2012 and has over 35 years experience as a director, business executive and corporate lawyer with particular experience in investment and asset management. Barry is Executive Director of the Sherman Group (an early-stage investor in the Company) and sits on the board of many Sherman Group companies and investee companies.
Other current directorships Phoslock Environmental Technologies Ltd
Previous directorships (last 3 years) Concentrated Leaders Fund Ltd (resigned 31 August 2021)
Interests in shares 7,700,000
Interests in options Nil
Interests in options Nil
CSO - Executive Director
Professor Graham Vesey is a co-founder and founding CEO of the Company and has served on the Board since incorporation. He was appointed Chief Scientific Officer in November 2014. Graham is a successful biotechnology entrepreneur, technology innovator and inventor and a highly regarded scientist. Graham was a co-founder and Executive Director of the successful biotech company, BTF, which was sold to bioMerieux in 2007. Graham is an Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University.
Other current directorships None
Previous directorships (last 3 years) None
Interests in shares 15,879,968
Interests in options 1,029,500
Non-executive Directors
Leo Lee joined the Board in December 2017 and was appointed CEO in January 2019. Leo then resigned from his role as CEO in November 2020 and has remained as a Nonexecutive Director. Leo brings more than 20 years experience in pharmaceutical innovation, commercialisation, regulation and policy development and has worked extensively in North America and Asia. Mr. Lee currently serves as Country President, Japan, for Novartis and prior to his CEO role at Regeneus, he was President, Japan, for Merck KGaA. Prior to this, he served as President, Japan, for Allergan plc, a global pharmaceutical company. Leo has held sales and commercial roles in Merck & Co., IQVIA and Accelrys, Inc.
Leo received a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology from the University of California.
Other current directorships None Previous directorships (last 3 years) None Interests in shares 15,890,893 Interests in options
1,250,000
Dr. John Chiplin joined the Board in April 2019. Dr. Chiplin is Managing Director of Newstar Ventures Ltd and has significant operational, investment and transaction experience in the international life science and technology industries and has served on a number of ASX, NASDAQ and LSE listed boards.
Based in London, Dr Chiplin is Chairman of Scancell Holdings plc (LSE: SCLP), N4Pharma plc (LSE: N4P), and Biotherapy Services Ltd.
Other current directorships
Adalta Ltd Scancell Holdings plc N4Pharma plc Biotherapy Services Ltd Previous directorships (last 3 years) Adalta Ltd Cynata Therapeutics Ltd Interests in shares Nil Interests in options 1,000,000
Dr. Alan Dunton resigned from the Board on 25 February 2021 having served as a director since April 2019. Dr Dunton is a senior pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry leader with over 35 years experience in senior company leadership roles.
Dr Dunton has served as a director of 18 companies and is based in Florida, USA. He is the founder and principal of Danerius, LLC a consultancy that provides specialised advisory services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology organisations both in the private and public sectors. Over the last few years, Dr Dunton has also served as an independent board director for a variety of publicly listed biopharmaceutical and drug development companies such as Palatin Technologies, Oragenics and CorMedix and the private company Cytogel Pharma.
Other current directorships
None
Previous directorships (last 3 years)
None
Interests in shares
Nil
Interests in options
Nil
Company Secretary
Sandra McIntosh resigned as Company Secretary and Head of Corporate Operations on 30 June 2021, Sandra had been with the Company since 2009.
Hang Ling (Helen) Leung was appointed Company Secretary of Regeneus, effective 1 July 2021.
Principal activities
Regeneus Ltd (ASX: RGS) is a Sydney-based clinical-stage regenerative medicine company using stem cell technologies to develop a portfolio of novel cell-based therapies to address significant unmet medical needs in the human health markets with a focus on osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders, neuropathic pain and dermatology.
Operating and financial review
Review of operations
The Company's strategy focuses on bringing its lead stem cell technology platform Progenza™ to commercialisation in Japan, targeting osteoarthritis (OA). Regeneus progressed positively with this strategy in FY2021, signing an exclusive licence and collaboration agreement in August 2020 with Japanese manufacturer Kyocera Corporation for the commercialisation of Progenza™ to treat knee osteoarthritis (OA) in Japan. Regeneus is targeting Phase II trials for Progenza™ to treat knee OA in Japan, US, and Australia by 2022, and will continue to explore co-development and licensing options for Progenza™ for neuropathic pain. The Company's second stem cell technology platform, Sygenus, is also a priority, with Regeneus exploring co-development and licensing options for Sygenus to treat burns and wounds, neuropathic pain, inflammatory skin conditions, and rare/orphan skin diseases globally.
Highlights of the year in review include:
- Entered Licence and Collaboration Agreement with Kyocera Corporation to exclusively develop and commercialise Progenza™ for treatment of knee osteoarthritis in Japan, with Regeneus receiving upfront and future development and regulatory milestone payments, and single to high double-digit royalties on future sales.
- Payments received in FY2021 include AU\$1.4 million on entering the Licence and Collaboration Agreement with Kyocera, followed by a second milestone payment of AU\$5.6 million in October 2020 on delivery of the initial Progenza™ OA data package. An R&D Tax Incentive of AU\$677k was also received from the Australian Tax Office for FY2020.
- Successful CEO transition, with the appointment of experienced executive and healthcare entrepreneur Karolis Rosickas to lead Regeneus' next phase of growth, and Mr Leo Lee moving on to pursue a new opportunity and remaining as nonexecutive director on the Board of Regeneus.
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Moved forward over 2021 in collaboration with Kyocera on development of Progenza™ OA in Japan , with continued preparatory work to progress to Phase 2 and move toward application for regulatory approval.
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Initiated US FDA pre-IND consultation preparation process, entered into a manufacturing agreement for the US GMP final product and started to conduct the required non-clinical work for the US market.
- Research collaboration entered into with Raymond Purves Bone and Joint Research Laboratories at the Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Australia. Study supports additional non-clinical work required prior to commencing Phase 2 clinical trials in Japan and in preparation for a US Phase 2 study.
- Australian Department of Defence will provide A\$300k funding to develop Sygenus, Regeneus' stem cell bioactive secretome technology, for combat casualty care with first in human study on pain.
- Regeneus' Progenza™ IP portfolio strengthened in FY2021 with key patents awarded for the treatment of pain in Europe and Japan, extending protection to 2032 in both markets. An Australian patent was also awarded covering use of biomarkers to monitor disease progression in patients undergoing mesenchymal cell therapy for inflammatory conditions, extending to 2034.
- Patent portfolio protection extended for Regeneus' second platform technology Sygenus, including US patent awarded for treatment of broad range of noninflammatory conditions with adipose derived secretions, extending protection to 2032. Patents were also awarded in Canada, Hong Kong and China, expanding the application of the platform technology into the US\$53B Aesthetic Therapeutics market.
- Business is now operating with newly optimised structure, with costs being streamlined over FY2021, ensuring key R&D activities and business development supported to drive successful development of Progenza™ and Sygenus.
- Up to AU\$4.5 million secured in three-stage placement with New Life Sciences Capital, LLC (New Life Sciences) to fund initiation of Progenza™ Osteoarthritis (OA) Phase 2 trial in the US and for general working capital needs. At commencement 1,353,982 and 1,900,000 shares were issued and relate to the convertible financial instrument that was issued to raise AU\$1.5 million. Second and third placements are planned to follow in 6 and 12 months. The third placement is subject to the mutual agreement of Regeneus and New Life Sciences. Prior to commencement of the first placement New Life Sciences was issued 3,800,000 options.
- Q1 FY2021 saw the issuance of 22.46 million shares to Japan-based manufacturer AGC Inc (AGC), related to the previously agreed option to convert upfront payments of US\$2.5 million to equity ownership on termination of the AGC-Regeneus agreement in December 2019. Upon invoking those rights and with the issuance of shares, AGC became the single largest shareholder in the Group.
• The Company's investment in Sangui Bio Pty Ltd, which was previously considered as immaterial has been valued at \$1.7 million as at balance date, with an increase in value of \$525k being shown in the current period.
Financial review
Operating results
The Group's operating results for the year was a profit of \$2.8 million (FY20: Loss of \$0.9 million). The improved result is reflective of the \$5.6 million milestone payment received in October 2020 from Kyocera for the successful completion of the due diligence process. This payment is in addition to the \$1.4 million received from Kyocera in August 2020 on completion of the execution of the Licence and Collaboration Agreement.
Revenue from operating activities
| 2021 | 2020 | Movement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| \$'000 | \$'000 | \$'000 | |
| Operating activities | |||
| Licence & other fee revenue | 7,067 | 1,663 | 5,404 |
| Total revenue | 7,067 | 1,663 | 5,404 |
Expenses
| 2021 \$'000 |
2020 \$'000 |
Movement \$'000 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Research and development | 1,444 | 1,238 | 206 |
| Occupancy | 134 | 263 | (129) |
| Corporate | 3,853 | 3,439 | 414 |
| Finance costs | 405 | 271 | 134 |
| Expenses from operations | 5,836 | 5,211 | 625 |
| Other expenses | - | 18 | (18) |
| Realised foreign exchange loss on contract liability |
141 | 88 | 53 |
| Total expenses | 5,977 | 5,317 | 660 |
Research and development expenses
Research and development activities include staff and other costs associated with product research, GMP manufacture and the conduct of clinical trials for the Company's products. R&D expenditure for the year was \$1.4 million (FY20 \$1.2 million).
In line with the Group's policy and to comply with the accounting standards, all costs associated with research and development are fully expensed in the period in which they are incurred. The Directors do not consider the Group can demonstrate all the requirements of the accounting standards to capitalise development expenditure.
Occupancy costs
Occupancy costs of \$134k (FY20 \$263k), relate to the Licence Agreement entered into with BioPoint Pty Ltd in September 2020 relating to the BioPoint premises used by the Company as its laboratory facilities.
Corporate expenses
Corporate expenses at \$3,853k in line with prior year expenses (FY20 \$3,439k). This category of expenditure includes: corporate employees, Directors, IP, compliance, depreciation and business development costs.
Finance costs
Finance costs of \$405k (FY20 \$271k) relate to costs associated with the institutional placement and the interest on the directors loans, which were repaid in full in the December 2020 quarter.
Financial Position
The Consolidated Statement of Financial Position net assets is equal to \$4.1 million (FY20: net assets \$1.1 million).
The significant improvement over the 12 month period is predominantly reflective of the increase in cash to \$3.8 million (FY20: \$1 million) and a reduction in current liabilities to \$1.3 million (FY20: \$3.6 million). This improvement is a result of the receipt of the milestone payments from Kyocera during the year, the reduction in borrowing as a result of the repayment of the Director's loan of \$1.1 million and the receipt of the initial investment of \$1.5 million from new Life Sciences under the institutional placement agreement entered into.
During the year the loan facilities available to the company of \$4 million were cancelled.
Cash flows
The net cash inflows for the period were:
| 2021 \$'000 |
2020 \$'000 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
2,419 | (1,918) |
| Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities |
(8) | 16 |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
400 | 2,628 |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents held |
2,811 | 726 |
Operating activities
An increase in revenue to \$7.1 million (FY20: \$1.7 million) results from the receipt of two milestone payments from Kyocera under the Agreement entered into between the parties.
Financing activities
On 7 May 2021, the Company entered into an institutional placement agreement with New Life Sciences Capital, LLC. to raise up to \$4,500,000 of funding. New Life Sciences made an initial investment of \$1,500,000 on 12 May 2021 and the Company granted New Life Sciences the right to subscribe for ordinary shares in the Company with an aggregate value of \$1,590,000 in respect of this first subscription.
New Life Sciences will make a second investment of \$1,500,000 on or before 12 November 2021 and in consideration of this second investment, the Company has granted New Life Sciences the right to subscribe for further shares in the Company with an aggregate value of \$1,590,000. In addition, New Life Sciences may make a third investment of \$1,500,000 on or before 12 May 2022. This investment is subject to the mutual consent of the Company and New Life Sciences. If this third investment is made the Company will grant New Life Sciences the right to subscribe for further shares in the Company with an aggregate value of \$1,500,000.
At the commencement of the first placement, 1,353,982 and 1,900,000 shares were issued to New Life Sciences. The 1,353,982 shares issued for a value of \$103,444 are in relation to the commencement shares in lieu of a commencement fee. The 1,900,000 shares issued were in relation to the initial placement shares. Finally, 3,800,000 options were issued immediately before the first placement as part of the commencement transactions and can be exercised any time over a period of 36 months.
The investments contemplated by each placement referred to above are subject to conditions precedent customary for investment agreements of the nature of the placement agreement entered into with New Life Sciences.
The arrangements are subject to shareholder approval which will be sought at the Company's FY2021 Annual General Meeting. Refer to the notes of financial statements for more information.
Significant changes in state of affairs
There were no other changes in the state of affairs of the Group during the reporting period.
Changes in accounting policy
There were no changes in accounting policy during the reporting period.
Events subsequent to the reporting period
In the period from 30 June 2021 through to the signing of the financial report the following important events have occurred:
Effective from 1 July 2021 Hang Ling (Helen) Leung has been appointed as Company Secretary of Regeneus. This follows the resignation of Sandra McIntosh who had been with the company since 2009.
On 28 July 2021 Regeneus announced a research collaboration with Professor Christopher Little and the Raymond Purves Bone and Joint Research Laboratory at the Kolling Institute at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia.
This study will further explore the disease modifying effects of Progenza™ and assess Progenza™'s effect in modulating the inflammatory and immune responses in a preclinical model of post-traumatic osteoarthritis.
On 13 October 2021 New Life Sciences exercised its first subscription rights in relation to \$200,000 of its initial investment of \$1,500,000 and 2,898,551 ordinary shares in Regeneus were issued to New Life Sciences at \$0.069 per share on 14 October 2021. This first subscription right reduces the derivative financial instrument and New Life Sciences has until May 2023 to exercise the initial investment in full.
Apart from the above, there are no other matters or circumstances that have arisen since the end of the year that have significantly affected or may significantly affect either the entity's operations in future financial years, the results of those operations in future financial years or the entity's state of affairs in future financial years.
Likely developments, business strategies and prospects
Looking ahead to FY2022, business operations are now fully optimised to focus on R&D, clinical development, and potential business development opportunities while keeping a strict focus on operating costs. We look forward to continued success in progressing our collaboration with Kyocera for the development of Progenza™ for knee osteoarthritis in Japan. The Company is preparing to launch a Progenza™ OA Phase 2 trial in the United States after the product manufacture is completed and regulatory approvals obtained. Our partnership with the Australian Department of Defence is expected to advance to animal and human trials.
Corporate Governance Statement
The Board is committed to achieving and demonstrating the highest standards of corporate governance. As such, Regeneus Ltd and its controlled entities (the Group) have adopted the fourth edition of the Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations which was released by the ASX Corporate Governance Council in February 2019 and became effective for financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2020.
The Group's corporate governance statement for the financial year ending 30 June 2021 is dated as at 30 June 2021 and was approved by the Board on 25 October 2021. The corporate governance statement is available on Regeneus' website at: regeneus.com.au/investors/corporate-governance
Directors' meetings
The number of meetings of Directors (including committees of Directors) held during the year and the number of meetings attended by each Director were as follows:
| Directors' name | Board meetings | Audit and risk committee |
Remunerations and nominations charter |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | A | B | A | B | |
| Barry Sechos | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Leo Lee | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Graham Vesey | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Chiplin1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Alan Dunton2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Column A is the number of meetings the director was entitled to attend Column B is the number of meetings the director did attend.
Where a Director joined the Board during the year or resigned their position during the year then the number of meetings entitled to attend is for the relevant period.
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- John Chiplin was appointed Chair of the Rem & Nom committee and appointed as a member of the Audit & Risk committee on 5 June 2020
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- Alan Dunton resigned from the Board 25 February 2021
Dividends paid or recommended
No dividends have been paid or declared since the start of the financial year (FY20: Nil).
Unissued shares under option
Unissued ordinary shares of Regeneus Ltd under option at the date of this report are:
| Date of granting | Expiry date | Exercise price of option \$ |
Number under option |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31/01/2019 | 30/01/2024 | 0.2000 | 1,250,000 |
| 01/09/2019 | 01/10/2024 | 0.1000 | 550,000 |
| 01/07/2020 | 30/06/2025 | 0.1000 | 1,579,770 |
| 14/10/2020 | 14/10/2025 | 0.1075 | 1,000,000 |
| 14/10/2020 | 14/10/2025 | 0.1400 | 1,029,500 |
| 07/05/2021 | 11/05/2024 | 0.1651 | 3,800,000 |
| 24/05/2021 | 24/05/2026 | 0.1000 | 5,000,000 |
| 24/05/2021 | 24/05/2026 | 0.1000 | 5,000,000 |
| 24/05/2021 | 24/05/2026 | 0.1000 | 15,000,000 |
Of the balance of 34.2m options, 30.4m relate to options issued to staff as part of the Employee Share Option Plan and Option Trust Share plans and 3.8m options were issued under the recent subscription agreement with the institutional investor, New Life Sciences, LLC.
Of the 31.0m options issued to staff throughout the financial year 2.0m options were approved at the FY20 AGM and 25m were issued (FY20: 4.2m). 28.0m options were issued to staff under the employee share options plan in FY21 and 3.0m options were issued to directors under the Option Share Trust.
All unexercised, vested options expire on the earlier of their expiry date or within a period set out in the plans. 31.0m of the options issued are under the Employee Share Option Plan and Option Trust Share plans, and have been allotted to individuals on condition that they meet the agreed milestones before the options vest.
As part of the IPO, 12,740,252 employee options, that had an exercise price of less than 20 cents, were exercised prior to the listing on 19 September 2013. These were financed by a full recourse loan provided by the Company to the option holders. Loans associated with almost 8 million of these shares remain outstanding.
Shares issued during or since the end of the year as a result of exercise of options
During or since the end of the year, no shares were issued by the Company as a result of the exercise of options (FY20: nil).
Remuneration report (audited)
The Directors of the Group present the Remuneration Report for Executive Directors, Non-Executive Directors and other key management personnel prepared in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 and the Corporations Regulations 2001.
The Remuneration Report is set out under the following main headings:
- a. Principles used to determine the nature and amount of remuneration
- b. Details of remuneration
- c. Service agreements
- d. Share-based remuneration
- e. Bonuses and
- f. Other information
a. Principles used to determine the nature and amount of remuneration
The principles of the Group's executive strategy and supporting incentive programs and frameworks are to:
- Align rewards to business outcomes that deliver value to shareholders,
- Drive a high-performance culture by setting challenging objectives and rewarding high performing individuals,
- Ensure remuneration is competitive in the relevant employment market place to support the attraction, motivation and retention of executive talent.
Regeneus has structured a remuneration framework that is market competitive and complementary to the reward strategy of the Group. The Board has established a Remuneration and Nominations Committee which operates in accordance with its charter as approved by the Board and is responsible for making recommendations to the Board for reviewing and approving compensation arrangements for the Directors and the Executive team. The remuneration structure that has been adopted by the Group consists of the following components:
- Fixed remuneration being annual salary,
- Short and long-term incentives, being employee bonuses and options.
The Remuneration and Nominations Committee assesses the appropriateness of the nature and amount of remuneration on a periodic basis by reference to recent employment market conditions with the overall objective of ensuring maximum stakeholder benefit from the retention of a high quality Board and Executive team.
All bonuses, options and incentives are linked to predetermined performance criteria.
Short term incentive (STI)
Regeneus performance measures involve the use of annual performance objectives, metrics, and performance appraisals.
The performance measures are set annually after consultation with the Directors and Executives and are specifically tailored to the areas where each executive has a level of control. The measures target areas the Board believes hold the greatest potential for expansion and profit and cover financial and non-financial measures.
The KPIs for the Executive team are summarised as follows:
Performance area:
- Financial operating results
- Non-financial strategic goals set for each individual
The Board may, at its discretion, award bonuses for exceptional performance in relation to each person's pre-agreed KPIs and extraordinary achievements.
Voting and comments made at the Company's last Annual General Meeting
Regeneus received 65,697,373 – 99.22% 'For' votes on its Remuneration Report for the financial year ending 30 June 2020 (FY19: 65,315,998 – 99.22%). The Company received no specific feedback on its Remuneration Report at the Annual General Meeting.
Consequences of performance on shareholder wealth
In considering the Group's performance and benefits for shareholder wealth, the Board has regard to the following indices in respect of the current financial year and the previous four (4) financial years:
| Item | 2021 | 2020 (restated) |
2019 (restated) |
2018 (restated) |
2017 (restated) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS (\$) | 0.009 | (0.003) | (0.029) | (0.024) | 0.020 |
| Dividends (per share) | \$0 | \$0 | \$0 | \$0 | \$0 |
| Net profit (loss) (\$000) | 2,759 | (894) | (5,955) | (5,045) | 4,111 |
| Share price (\$) | \$0.074 | \$0.070 | \$0.085 | \$0.12 | \$0.12 |
b. Details of remuneration
Details of the nature and amount of each element of key management personnel (KMP) remuneration are shown in the following table:
| Short term | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Directors | Cash salary & fees \$ |
Incentive \$ |
Other benefits \$ |
Post employ Super annuation \$ |
Share based payments |
Total \$ |
Perform ance related |
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| Leo | 2021 | 160,833 | 325,000 | - | - | - | 485,833 | 67% | |
| Lee 1 | 2020 | 298,750 | - | - | - | 212,714 | 511,464 | 42% | |
| Karolis | 2021 | 166,667 | 75,000 | 331,964 | 573,631 | 71% | |||
| Rosickas 2 | 2020 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Graham | 2021 | 154,000 | - | 23,735 | 14,630 | 40,450 | 232,815 | 17% | |
| Vesey | 2020 | 152,000 | - | 4,985 | 14,440 | - | 171,425 | 0% | |
| Non-executive Directors | |||||||||
| Barry | 2021 | 85,000 | - | - | - | - | 85,000 | 0% | |
| Sechos | 2020 | 85,000 | - | - | - | - | 85,000 | 0% | |
| John | 2021 | 55,000 | - | - | - | 43,391 | 98,391 | 44% | |
| Chiplin3 | 2020 | 55,000 | - | - | - | - | 55,000 | 0% | |
| Alan | 2021 | 36,667 | - | - | - | - | 36,667 | 0% | |
| Dunton 4 | 2020 | 55,000 | - | - | - | - | 55,000 | 0% | |
| Leo | 2021 | 18,333 | - | - | - | - | 18,333 | 0% | |
| Lee 1 | 2020 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 2021 | 690,250 | 400,000 | 23,735 | 14,630 | 415,805 | 1,544,420 | ||
| Total | 2020 | 687,000 | - | 4,985 | 14,440 | 212,714 | 919,139 |
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Leo Lee was appointed CEO and executive Director on 23 January 2019, and resigned from this position on 2 November 2020 however remains as a non-executive director
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Karolis Rosickas was appointed CEO on 2 November 2020.
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John Chiplin was appointed as non-executive Directors on 29 April 2019.
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Alan Dunton resigned as a non-executive director on 25 February 2021.
Short term incentive (STI) programs that rewards KMP's as set out above can be seen below.
| Name | Grant Date |
Eligible | Paid | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Lee | 8 Aug 20 | 325,000 | 325,000 | Non-financial; Completion of commercial licence with Kyocera |
| Karolis Rosickas |
7 May 21 | 75,000 | 75,000 | Non-financial; Successful capital raise |
Other benefits include the movement in the annual leave provision and long service leave provision in accordance with AASB 119 Employee Benefits. Where the provision is reduced due to leave taken exceeding leave accrued the movement is negative
The share based payment of \$415,805 (2020: \$212,714) is share based remuneration in the form of options (refer following note)
The relative proportions of remuneration that are linked to performance and those that are fixed are as follow
| Name | Fixed remuneration | At risk – STI | At risk – options |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Lee | 33% | 67% | - |
| Karolis Rosickas | 29% | 13% | 58% |
| Graham Vesey | 83% | - | 17% |
| Barry Sechos | 100% | - | - |
| John Chiplin | 56% | - | 44% |
| Alan Dunton | 100% | - | - |
c. Service agreements
Remuneration and other terms of employment for the Executive Directors and other key management personnel are formalised in a service agreement. The major provisions of the agreements relating to remuneration are set out below.
| Name | Base salary \$ |
Term of agreement | Notice period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karolis Rosickas | 250,000 | Unspecified | 3 months |
| Graham Vesey | 140,000 | Unspecified | 3 months |
| Barry Sechos | 85,000 | Unspecified | Nil |
| Leo Lee | 55,000 | Unspecified | Nil |
| John Chiplin | 55,000 | Unspecified | Nil |
| Alan Dunton | 55,000 | Unspecified | Nil |
There are no performance conditions attached to these agreements, other than the share options awarded to Karolis Rosickas as part of his employment contract identified below and short-term incentives awarded as stated above.
There are no termination payments provided for in these agreements, other than those required by statute.
d. Share-based remuneration
Options granted over unissued shares.
All options are for ordinary shares in the Company and are exercisable on a one-for-one basis.
The options were provided at no cost to the recipients. All options expire on the earlier of their expiry date or within the time period set out in the plan, from termination of the individual's employment. The options vesting conditions are conditional on the key management personnel employability status with the company.
Details of options over ordinary shares in the Company that were granted as remuneration to each key management personnel are set out below.
| Name | Number granted | Grant date | Value per option at grant date \$ |
Number vested | Exercise price \$ |
First exercise date | Last exercise date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L Lee | 1,250,000 | 31 Jan 2019 | 0.077 | 1,250,000 | 0.2000 | 31/01/2020 | 31/01/2024 |
| J Chiplin | 1,000,000 | 14 Oct 2020 | 0.100 | - | 0.1075 | 14/10/2021 | 14/10/2025 |
| G Vesey | 1,029,500 | 14 Oct 2020 | 0.091 | - | 0.1400 | 14/10/2021 | 14/10/2025 |
| K Rosickas | 5,000,000 | 24 May 2021 | 0.067 | - | 0.1000 | 31/12/2021 | 24/05/2026 |
| K Rosickas | 5,000,000 | 24 May 2021 | 0.067 | - | 0.1000 | 02/11/2022 | 24/05/2026 |
| K Rosickas | 15,000,000 | 24 May 2021 | 0.067 | - | 0.1000 | 02/11/2023 | 24/05/2026 |
Options granted in May 2021 to Karolis Rosickas were issued under the Employee Share Option Plan and, as such, do not require shareholder approval.
During FY21 14,750,000 (average exercise price \$0.161) management personnel options were forfeited (FY20: 4,750,000 options forfeited (average exercise price \$0.126))
In May 2021 there was a revision to the Board approved Long Term Incentives (LTI) for Regeneus CEO Karolis Rosickas. These modifications were in lieu of the previous LTI contained in Mr Rosickas employment contract and notified to the market on 2 November 2020. The incremental fair value granted as a result of these modifications is equal to \$250,000 and this was calculated by determining the difference in fair value between the options issued on 2 November 2020 and the fair value of those same options on 24 May 2021.
| Tranche 1 | Tranche 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fair value of options at 2nd November 2020 | \$288,000 | \$132,000 |
| Fair value of options at 24th May 2021 | \$335,000 | \$335,000 |
| Incremental fair value granted | \$47,000 | \$203,000 |
e. Loans to key management personnel
Shareholder Loan
These loans relate to the shareholder loans, the terms of which are disclosed in Note 14.
In accordance with AASB 9 the ECL (expected credit loss) has been recorded in relation to the shareholder loans.
| Name | Loan at 1 July 2020 |
Loans repaid |
Loans Advanced |
Other movement |
Loan at 30 June 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Vesey | 150,552 | - | - | - | 150,552 |
| Expected credit loss allowance |
(72,926) | (72,926) | |||
| Totals | 77,626 | - | - | - | 77,626 |
Directors loan
These loans are either the R&D loan facility provided by Paddington St Finance Pty Ltd or the loans provided by the Directors in February 2019. These loans are further detailed in note 29.
| Name | Loan at 1 July 2020 |
Loans Advanced |
Loans Repaid |
Converted to Equity |
Loan at 30 June 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Lee | 1,100,000 | - | (1,100,000) | - | - |
| Totals | 1,100,000 | - | (1,100,000) | - | - |
In light of the licence and collaboration agreement with Kyocera the Company made a final principal repayment of AU\$1.1 million to Leo Lee and cancelled the loan facilities totalling AU\$4m with Paddington St Finance Pty Ltd & Leo Lee.
f. Other information
Options held by key management personnel
The number of options to acquire shares in the Company held during the FY21 reporting period by each of the key management personnel of the Group, including their related parties are set out below.
| Name | Balance at 1 July 2020 |
Granted | Forfeited | Balance at end of year |
Vested & exercisable at 30 June 2021 |
Vested, and un exercisa ble at 30 June 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Lee | 15,000,000 | - | 13,750,000 | 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 | - |
| Karolis Rosickas |
- | 25,000,000 | - | 25,000,000 | - | |
| Graham Vesey |
- | 1,029,500 | - | 1,029,500 | - | - |
| Barry Sechos | - | - | - | - | - | |
| John Chiplin | - | 1,000,000 | - | 1,000,000 | - | - |
| Alan Dunton | - | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 15,000,000 | 28,029,500 | 14,750,000 | 28,279,500 | 1,250,000 | - |
Of the 28.03m options, 3.03m options were granted approval by shareholders at the FY21 AGM. 25m options to Karolis Rosickas were issued under the Employee Share Option Plan and, as such, do not require shareholder approval.
In May 2021 there was a revision to the Board approved Long Term Incentives (LTI) for Regeneus CEO Karolis Rosickas. These modifications were in lieu of the previous LTI contained in Mr Rosickas employment contract and disclosed to the market on the 2 November 2020.
Related party contracts
During the year the Company signed a licence agreement with BioPoint Pty Ltd a company of which Graham Vesey is a director and significant shareholder. This licence agreement was agreed upon in September 2020 and is valued at \$3,000 per month. This licence agreement provides the Company with laboratory space and facilities in order to develop and manufacture a stem cell secretion product (Sygenus) and supply the product to the cosmetic market. The licence also provides the Company with the opportunity to research and manufacture a stem cell product, Progenza. Total value of transactions for the year is equal to \$30,000.
Shares held by key management personnel
The number of ordinary shares in the Company during the FY21 reporting period held by each of the Group's key management personnel, including their related parties, are set out below:
| Name | Held at 1 July 2020 |
Granted as remuneration |
Purchased | Other movement |
Held at 30 June 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Lee | 13,511,000 | - | 2,379,893 | - | 15,890,893 |
| Karolis Rosickas |
- | - | - | - | - |
| Graham Vesey | 15,879,968 | - | - | - | 15,879,968 |
| Barry Sechos | 7,700,000 | - | - | - | 7,700,000 |
| John Chiplin | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alan Dunton | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 37,090,968 | - | 2,379,893 | - | 39,470,861 |
Alan Dunton resigned as a Director 25 February 2021.
End of audited remuneration report
Environmental legislation
Regeneus' operations are not subject to any particular or significant environmental regulation under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory of Australia.
Indemnities given to auditors and officers and insurance premiums paid
During the year, Regeneus paid a premium to insure officers of the Group. The officers of the Group covered by the insurance policy include all Directors.
The liabilities insured are legal costs that may be incurred in defending civil or criminal proceedings that may be brought against the officers in their capacity as officers of the Group, and any other payments arising from liabilities incurred by the officers in connection with such proceedings, other than where such liabilities arise out of conduct involving a wilful breach of duty by the officers or the improper use by the officers of their position or of information to gain advantage for themselves or someone else to cause detriment to the Group.
Details of the amount of the premium paid in respect of the insurance policies is not disclosed as such disclosure is prohibited under the terms of the contract.
The Group has not otherwise, during or since the end of the financial year, except to the extent permitted by law, indemnified or agreed to indemnify any current or former officer or auditor of the Group against a liability incurred as such by an officer or auditor.
Non-audit services
From time to time, Grant Thornton, the Group's auditors, perform certain other services in addition to their statutory audit duties. The Board considers any non-audit services provided during the year by the auditor and satisfies itself that the provision of these nonaudit services during the year is compatible with, and does not compromise, the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001.
Details of the amounts paid to the auditors of the Group, Grant Thornton Audit Pty Ltd, and its related practices for audit and non-audit services provided during the year are set out in Note 26 to the Financial Statements.
Proceedings on behalf of the Group
No person has applied to the Court under section 237 of the Corporations Act 2001 for leave to bring proceedings on behalf of the Group, or to intervene in any proceedings to which the Group is a party, for the purpose of taking responsibility on behalf of the Group for all or part of those proceedings.
Auditor's independence declaration
A copy of the Auditor's independence declaration as required under section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 is set out on page 19 and forms part of this Directors' report.
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Barry Sechos Non-executive Chairman Dated this day 26 October 2021

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Consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income
.
| For the year ended 30 June | Note | 2021 \$ |
2020 (Restated) \$ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 6 | 7,067,026 | 1,663,345 |
| Other income | 6 | 888,796 | 722,232 |
| Research and development expenses | 7 | (1,444,013) | (1,237,657) |
| Occupancy expenses | (134,447) | (262,972) | |
| Corporate expenses | 8 | (3,852,700) | (3,439,261) |
| Finance costs | 9 | (404,503) | (271,471) |
| Gain on Disposal of Regeneus Japan Inc | - | 7,077 | |
| Loss on disposal of fixed assets | - | (17,622) | |
| Fair value increase in institutional placement | 137,198 | - | |
| Fair value increase on investments | 525,000 | 175,000 | |
| Gain on settlement of AGC Inc | 266 | 1,854,783 | |
| Realised foreign exchange loss | (140,961) | (87,500) | |
| Foreign exchange gain | 117,399 | - | |
| Profit/(loss) before income tax | 2,759,061 | (894,046) | |
| Income tax (expense) / benefit | 25 | - | - |
| Profit/(loss) for the year | 2,759,061 | (894,046) | |
| Other comprehensive (expense) / income | - | - | |
| Total comprehensive income / (loss) for the year | 2,759,061 | (894,046) | |
| Earnings per share | 2021 | 2020 (Restated) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic earnings per share | |||
| Earnings per share from continuing operations | 27 | 0.009 | (0.003) |
| Diluted earnings per share | |||
| Earnings per share from continuing operations | 27 | 0.009 | (0.003) |
Note: This statement should be read in conjunction with the notes to the financial statements.
Consolidated statement of financial position
| Note | 2021 | 2020 (Restated) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| As at 30 June | \$ | \$ | |
| Current Assets | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents |
10 | 3,792,695 | 981,845 |
| Trade and other receivables | 11 | - | 1,466,400 |
| R&D incentive receivable | 12 | 751,428 | 429,394 |
| Other current assets | 13 | 112,152 | 36,421 |
| Other financial assets | 14 | 2,070,227 | 570,227 |
| Total current assets | 6,726,502 | 3,484,287 | |
| Non-current assets | |||
| Other financial assets | 14 | 1,750,000 | 1,225,000 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 15 | 20,849 | 61,805 |
| Right of use assets under lease | 16 | 12,992 | 18,367 |
| Intangible assets | 17 | - | - |
| Total non-current assets | 1,783,841 | 1,305,172 | |
| Total assets | 8,510,343 | 4,789,459 | |
| Current liabilities | |||
| Trade and other payables | 18 | 1,108,116 | 946,268 |
| Provisions | 19 | 183,379 | 141,122 |
| Borrowings | 20 | - | 1,100,000 |
| Lease liabilities | 22 | 5,296 | 5,117 |
| Contract liabilities | 21 | - | 1,440,000 |
| Total current liabilities | 1,296,791 | 3,632,507 | |
| Non-current liabilities | |||
| Lease liabilities | 22 | 8,547 | 13,843 |
| Provisions | 19 | 16,738 | 49,071 |
| Derivative financial instrument | 20 | 3,042,802 | - |
| Total non-current liabilities | 3,068,087 | 62,914 | |
| Total liabilities | 4,364,878 | 3,695,421 | |
| Net assets | 4,145,465 | 1,094,038 | |
| Equity | |||
| Issued capital | 23.1 | 38,258,870 | 36,358,675 |
| Other contributed equity | 23.2 | - | 1,797,017 |
| Accumulated losses | (34,648,789) | (37,493,175) | |
| Reserves | 23.3 | 535,384 | 431,521 |
| Total equity | 4,145,465 | 1,094,038 |
Note: This statement should be read in conjunction with the notes to the financial statements.
Consolidated statement of changes in equity
| For the year ended 30 June | Share capital \$ |
Other contributed equity \$ |
Share option reserve \$ |
Retained earnings \$ |
Total equity \$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance at 1 July 2019 as previously stated |
31,076,819 | - | 412,065 | (37,875,379) | (6,386,495) |
| Impact of prior period error (Note 33) | - | - | - | 1,050,000 | 1,050,000 |
| Restated balance at 1 July 2019 (Note 33) | 31,076,819 | - | 412,065 | (36,825,379) | (5,336,495) |
| Reported (loss) for the period (restated) | - | - | - | (894,046) | (894,046) |
| Employee share-based payment option expense | - | - | 245,706 | - | 245,706 |
| Transfer from reserves to retained earnings for options lapsed |
- | - | (226,250) | 226,250 | - |
| Equity confirmed pending issuance to AGC Inc (Japan) |
- | 1,797,017 | - | - | 1,797,017 |
| Issue of share capital net of transaction costs | 5,281,856 | - | - | - | 5,281,856 |
| Balance at 30 June 2020 (Restated) |
36,358,675 | 1,797,017 | 431,521 | (37,493,175) | 1,094,038 |
| Balance at 1 July 2020 (Restated) |
36,358,675 | 1,797,017 | 431,521 | (37,493,175) | 1,094,038 |
| Reported profit for the year |
- | - | - | 2,759,061 | 2,759,061 |
| Reported other comprehensive income (expense) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Share options issued as part of institutional placement | - | - | 74,225 | - | 74,225 |
| Employee share-based payment options issued | - | - | 442,228 | - | 442,228 |
| Employee share-based payment option forfeited | - | - | (327,265) | - | (327,265) |
| Transfer from reserves to retained earnings for options lapsed |
- | - | (85,325) | 85,325 | - |
| Other Contributed Equity Adjustment after issuance to AGC Inc (Japan) |
- | (266) | - | - | (266) |
| Shares issued |
1,900,195 | (1,796,751) | - | - | 103,444 |
| Balance at 30 June 2021 | 38,258,870 | - | 535,384 | (34,648,789) | 4,145,465 |
Note: This statement should be read in conjunction with the notes to the financial statements.
Consolidated statement of cash flows
| Note | 2021 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For the year ended 30 June | \$ | \$ | |
| Operating activities | |||
| Receipts from customers | 6,607,361 | 1,639,344 | |
| Payments to suppliers and employees | (4,523,817) | (4,760,104) | |
| Interest received | 12 | 780 | |
| Other income and COVID-19 Cash Flow Boost | 37,500 | 50,000 | |
| R&D repayments | (147,342) | - | |
| R&D incentive refund | 676,591 | 1,491,498 | |
| Finance costs | (231,671) | (339,104) | |
| Net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities | 28 | 2,418,634 | (1,917,586) |
| Investing activities | |||
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | (7,784) | - | |
| Receipts from sale of property, plant and equipment | - | 5,430 | |
| Payment for outstanding 50% equity interest in Regeneus Japan | - | (25,494) | |
| Sale of subsidiary | - | 36,246 | |
| Net cash (used in) / provided by investing activities |
(7,784) | 16,182 | |
| Financing activities | |||
| Proceeds from related party loan | - | 20,000 | |
| Repayment of related party loan | (1,100,000) | (1,300,000) | |
| Proceeds from issue of shares | - | 3,881,856 | |
| Proceeds from institutional placement | 1,500,000 | - | |
| Receipts from shareholder loan | - | 25,930 | |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 400,000 | 2,627,786 | |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents held | 2,810,850 | 726,382 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of financial year | 981,845 | 255,463 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of financial year | 10 | 3,792,695 | 981,845 |
Note: This statement should be read in conjunction with the notes to the financial statements.
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
1. Nature of operations
Regeneus Ltd is a Sydney based ASX listed clinical stage regenerative medicine company using stem cell technologies to develop a portfolio of novel cell-based therapies focused on neuropathic pain, including osteoarthritis and various skin conditions.
The Company has two platform technologies, Progenza and Sygenus.
Regenerative medicine is a rapidly growing multidisciplinary specialty that is focused on the repair or regeneration of cells, tissues and organs. The primary goal is to enhance the body's natural ability to replace tissue damaged or destroyed by injury or disease.
Where commercial opportunities are identified, the Group seeks to license appropriate parties.
2. General information and statement of compliance
The financial report is a general purpose financial report that has been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards (including Australian Accounting Interpretations), other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Corporations Act 2001.
Regeneus is a for-profit entity for the purpose of preparing the financial statements.
The financial statements cover Regeneus and its controlled entities as a consolidated entity (the Group). As at 30 June 2021, Regeneus is a Public company, incorporated and domiciled in Australia.
The address of its registered office and its principal place of business is 2 Paddington Street, Paddington, NSW 2021, Australia.
Statement of compliance
Compliance with Australian Accounting Standards ensures that the financial statements and notes of Regeneus comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the IASB.
The consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2021 were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 25 October 2021.
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared on an accruals basis and are based on historical costs modified by the revaluation of selected non-current assets and financial instruments for which the fair value basis of accounting has been applied.
Accounting standards issued but not yet effective and not adopted early by the Group
At the date of authorisation of these financial statements, there were no new standards, amendments and interpretations to existing standards published but not yet effective, that are relevant to the Group, that have not been adopted by the Group.
3. Summary of accounting policies
Overall considerations
The significant accounting policies that have been used in the preparation of these consolidated financial statements are summarised below.
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared using the measurement bases specified by the Australian Accounting Standards for each type of asset, liability, income and expense. The measurement bases are more fully described in the following accounting policies.
a. Basis of consolidation Controlled entities
The Group financial statements consolidate those of the Parent Company and all of its subsidiaries as of 30 June 2021. The parent controls a subsidiary if it is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the subsidiary and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the subsidiary. All subsidiaries have a reporting date of 30 June.
All transactions and balances between Group companies are eliminated on consolidation, including unrealised gains and losses on transactions between Group companies. Where unrealised losses on intra-group asset sales are reversed on consolidation, the underlying asset is also tested for impairment from a group perspective.
Amounts reported in the financial statements of subsidiaries have been adjusted where necessary to ensure consistency with the accounting policies adopted by the Group.
Profit or loss and other comprehensive income of subsidiaries acquired or disposed of during the year are recognised from the effective date of acquisition, or up to the effective date of disposal, as applicable.
b. Segment reporting
Operating segments are presented using the 'management approach', where the information presented is on the same basis as the internal reports provided to the Chief Operating Decision Makers (CODM). The CODM is responsible for the allocation of resources to operating segments and assessing their performance.
The Group's operating segment is based on the internal reports that are reviewed and used by the Board of Directors (being the CODM) in assessing performance and determining the allocation of resources.
Reports provided to the CODM reference the Group operating in one segment, being the development of innovative cell-based therapies to address significant unmet medical needs in human and veterinary health. Initial focus is osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal disease as well as oncology and dermatology. The information reported to the CODM, on a monthly basis, is profit or loss before tax, assets and liabilities and cash flow.
c. Going concern basis of accounting
The Directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis which contemplates continuity of normal activities and realisation of assets and settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business. In making their going concern assessment the Directors have considered the following:
For the full-year ended 30 June 2021, the Group generated a profit after income tax of AU\$2.759 million (2020 restated: loss of \$0.894 million), net cash inflows from operating activities of AU\$2.418 million (2020 restated: outflow of \$1.918 million) and the net current asset balance of AU\$5.430 million (2020 restated: deficit of net current assets \$0.148 million).
The Directors additionally assessed the Group's recent licence and collaboration agreement with Kyocera (August 2020), whereby in the first half of the financial year the group received two milestone payments; AU\$1.4 million & \$5.6 million. This agreement gives rise to Regeneus receiving up to US\$19 million in upfront, development and regulatory milestones.
Additionally the directors assessed the recent \$4.5 million three stage institutional placement, of which two stages are secured, with New Life Sciences Capital, (LLC), a U.S.-based institutional investor. These placements will be made by way of the investor prepaying each of the subscription amounts for the shares in a lump sum payment, each of \$1.5 million. As such it is expected to provide funding for the Group's current business activities.
d. Comparative figures When required by accounting standards, comparative figures have been adjusted to conform to changes in the presentation for the current financial year.
Certain comparative amounts in the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income have been restated as a result of a correction of a prior-period error as disclosed in note 33.
e. Cash and cash equivalents Cash comprises cash on hand and demand deposits. Cash equivalents are short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.
f. Income tax
The income tax expense (income) for the year comprises current income tax expense (income) and deferred tax expense (income). Current and deferred income tax expense (income) is charged or credited directly to other comprehensive income instead of the profit or loss when the tax relates to items that are credited or charged directly to other comprehensive income.
Tax expense recognised in profit or loss comprises the sum of deferred tax and current tax not recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.
Current income tax assets and/or liabilities comprise those obligations to, or claims from, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and other fiscal authorities relating to the current or prior reporting periods, that are unpaid at the reporting date. Calculation of current tax is based on tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period.
Deferred income taxes are calculated using the liability method on temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. However, deferred tax is not provided on the initial recognition of goodwill or on the initial recognition of an asset or liability unless the related transaction is a business combination or affects tax or accounting profit. Deferred tax on temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries and joint ventures is not provided if reversal of these temporary differences can be controlled by the Group and it is probable that reversal will not occur in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are calculated, without discounting, at tax rates that are expected to apply to their respective period of realisation, provided they are enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period.
Deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be able to be utilised against future taxable income, based on the Group's forecast of future operating results which is adjusted for significant non-taxable income and expenses and specific limits to the use of any unused tax loss or credit. Deferred tax liabilities are always provided for in full.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset only when the Group has a right and intention to set off current tax assets and liabilities from the same taxation authority.
Changes in deferred tax assets or liabilities are recognised as a component of tax income or expense in profit or loss, except where they relate to items that are recognised in other comprehensive income (such as the revaluation of land) or directly in equity, in which case the related deferred tax is also recognised in other comprehensive income or equity, respectively.
g. Plant and equipment Each class of property, plant and equipment is carried at cost less, where applicable, any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.
Subsequent costs are included in the asset's carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Group and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income during the financial period in which they are incurred.
h. Depreciation
The depreciable amount of fixed assets are depreciated on a straight line over their useful lives to the Consolidated entity commencing from the time the asset is held ready for use. Leased assets are depreciated over the shorter of either the unexpired period of the lease or the estimated useful lives of the assets.
The depreciation rates generally used for each class of depreciable assets are:
| Class of fixed asset | Depreciation rate (%) |
|---|---|
| Office equipment straight line |
25%-50% |
| Laboratory equipment straight line |
20%-30% |
| Office fit-out straight line |
Life of lease |
The assets' residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at each reporting period date. An asset's carrying amount is written down immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset's carrying amount is greater than its estimated recoverable amount. Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing proceeds with the carrying amount. These gains or losses are included in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
i. Intangibles
Intangible assets include acquired software. Intangible assets are accounted for using the cost model whereby capitalised costs are amortised on a reducing balance basis over their estimated useful lives, as these assets are considered finite. Amortisation commences from the date the asset is brought into use. Acquired computer software licences are capitalised on the basis of the costs incurred to acquire and install the specific software. Subsequent expenditure is expensed as incurred.
Costs associated with maintaining intangibles are expensed as incurred.
The amortisation rate used for acquired software is 25% straight line.
The Group has reviewed its policy not to capitalise development costs unless they meet the criteria as set in AASB 138. All development costs not meeting the recognition criteria of AASB 138 are expensed.
j. Impairment of non-financial assets At each reporting date, the Group reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that the assets may be impaired. If any such indication exists, or when annual impairment testing for an asset is required (i.e. intangible assets with indefinite useful lives and intangible assets not yet available for use), the Group makes an estimate of the asset's recoverable amount.
An asset's recoverable amount is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use and is determined for an individual asset, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are largely independent of those from other assets or groups of assets and the asset's value in use cannot be estimated to be close to its fair value. In such cases the asset is tested for impairment as part of the cash generating unit to which it belongs.
When the carrying amount of an asset or cash-generating unit exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset or cashgenerating unit is considered impaired and is written down to its recoverable amount.
To determine the value-in-use, management estimates expected future cash flows from each asset or cashgenerating unit and determines a suitable interest rate in order to calculate the present value of those cash flows. The data used for impairment testing procedures are directly linked to the Group's latest approved budget, adjusted as necessary to exclude the effects of future reorganisations and asset enhancements. Discount factors are determined individually for each asset or cash-generating unit and reflect management's assessment of respective risk profiles, such as market and assetspecific risks factors.
Impairment losses relating to continuing operations are recognised in those expense categories consistent with the function of the impaired asset unless the asset is carried at revalued amount (in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease).
k. Leases
Leases are capitalised by recording an asset and a liability at the lower of the amounts equal to the fair value of the leased property or the present value of the minimum lease payments, including any guaranteed residual values. Lease payments are allocated between the reduction of the lease liability and the lease interest expense for the period.
Leased assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the lease term.
Where practical exemptions for short term and low value leases are applied, expenses are recognised as incurred.
l. Foreign currency transactions and balances
Functional and presentation currency
The functional currency of each entity is measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which that entity operates. The consolidated financial statements are presented in Australian dollars which is the consolidated entity's functional and presentation currency.
Transaction and balances
Foreign currency transactions are translated into functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the date of the transaction. Foreign currency monetary items are translated at the year end exchange rate. Non-monetary items measured at historical cost continue to be carried at the exchange rate at the date of the transaction. Nonmonetary items measured at fair value are reported at the exchange rate at the date when fair values were determined.
Exchange differences arising on the translation of monetary items are recognised in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.
m. Financial instruments Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the financial instrument, and are measured initially at fair value adjusted by transactions costs, except for those carried at fair value through profit or loss, which are measured initially at fair value. Subsequent measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities are described below.
Financial assets are de-recognised when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire, or when the financial asset and all substantial risks and rewards are transferred.
A financial liability is de-recognised when it is extinguished, discharged, cancelled or expires.
Classification and subsequent measurement of financial assets
Except for those trade receivables that do not contain a significant financing component and are measured at the transaction price in accordance with AASB 15, all financial assets are initially measured at fair value adjusted for transaction costs (where applicable).
For the purpose of subsequent measurement, financial assets other than those designated and effective as hedging instruments are classified into the following categories upon initial recognition:
- amortised cost
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fair value through profit or loss (FVPL)
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equity instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI)
- debt instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI)
All income and expenses relating to financial assets that are recognised in profit or loss are presented within finance costs, finance income or other financial items, except for impairment of trade receivables which is presented within other expenses.
Classifications are determined by both:
- The entity's business model for managing the financial asset
- The contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial assets All income and expenses relating to financial assets that are recognised in profit or loss are presented within finance costs, finance income or other financial items, except for impairment of trade receivables, which is presented within other expenses.
Subsequent measurement financial assets
Financial assets at amortised cost
Financial assets are measured at amortised cost if the assets meet the following conditions (and are not designated as FVPL):
• they are held within a business model whose objective is to hold the financial assets and collect its contractual cash flows
• the contractual terms of the financial assets give rise to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding
After initial recognition, these are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Discounting is omitted where the effect of discounting is immaterial. The Group's cash and cash equivalents and trade receivables fall into this category of financial instruments as well as government bonds.
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (FVPL)
Financial assets that are held within a different business model other than 'hold to collect' or 'hold to collect and sell' are categorised at fair value through profit and loss. Further, irrespective of business model financial assets whose contractual cash flows are not solely payments of principal and interest are accounted for at FVPL. This includes investments.
All derivative financial instruments fall into this category, except for those designated and effective as hedging instruments, for which the hedge accounting requirements apply (see below).
Impairment of Financial assets
AASB 9's impairment requirements use more forward looking information to recognize expected credit losses – the 'expected credit losses (ECL) model'. Instruments within the scope of the new requirements included loans and other debt-type financial assets measured at
amortised cost and FVOCI, trade receivables, contract assets recognised and measured under AASB 15 and loan commitments and some financial guarantee contracts (for the issuer) that are not measured at fair value through profit or loss.
The Group considers a broader range of information when assessing credit risk and measuring expected credit losses, including past events, current conditions, reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the expected collectability of the future cash flows of the instrument. In applying this forward-looking approach, a distinction is made between:
• financial instruments that have not deteriorated significantly in credit quality since initial recognition or that have low credit risk ('Stage 1') and
• financial instruments that have deteriorated significantly in credit quality since initial recognition and whose credit risk is not low ('Stage 2').
'Stage 3' would cover financial assets that have objective evidence of impairment at the reporting date.
'12-month expected credit losses' are recognised for the first category while 'lifetime expected credit losses' are recognised for the second category.
Measurement of the expected credit losses is determined by a probabilityweighted estimate of credit losses over the expected life of the financial instrument.
Trade and other receivables
The Group makes use of a simplified approach in accounting for trade and other receivables and records the loss allowance at the amount equal to the expected lifetime credit losses. In using this practical expedient, the Group uses its historical experience, external indicators and forward-looking information to calculate the expected credit losses using a provision matrix. The Group assess impairment of trade receivables on a collective basis as they possess credit risk characteristics based on the days past due. The Group makes no allowance for amounts less than 90 days past due and writes off fully any amounts that are more than 90 days past due.
Classification and measurement of financial liabilities
The Group's financial liabilities include borrowings, and trade and other payables.
Financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value, and, where applicable, transaction costs are expensed immediately through profit or loss.
Subsequently, financial liability debt instruments are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Derivatives and financial liabilities designated at FVPL, are carried subsequently at fair value with gains or losses recognised in profit or loss.
All interest-related charges and, if applicable, changes in an instrument's fair value that are reported in profit or loss are included within finance costs or finance income.
n. Equity and reserves
Share capital represents the fair value of shares that have been issued. Any transaction costs associated with the issuing of shares are deducted from share capital, net of any related income tax benefits.
Other components of equity include the following:
- Option reserve. Comprises equity settled share-based remuneration plans for the Group's employees and other share options
- Retained earnings/(Accumulated losses) include all current and prior period retained profits/(losses)
- Other contributed equity represents the shares to be issued to AGC as part of the termination of agreements with them and to be issued upon their AGC notification to Regeneus.
o. Employee benefits
Short-term employee benefits
Short-term employee benefits are benefits, other than termination benefits, that are expected to be settled wholly within twelve (12) months after the end of the period in which the employees render the related service. Examples of such benefits include wages and salaries, non-monetary benefits and accumulating sick leave. Short-term employee benefits are measured at the undiscounted amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled.
Other long-term employee benefits
The Group's liabilities for long service leave are included in other long term benefits as they are not expected to be settled wholly within twelve (12) months after the end of the period in which the employees render the related service. They are measured at the present value of the expected future payments to be made to employees. The expected future payments incorporate anticipated future wage and salary levels, experience of employee departures and periods of service, and are discounted at rates determined by reference to market yields at the end of the reporting period on high quality corporate bonds that have maturity dates that approximate the timing of the estimated future cash outflows. Any re-measurements arising from experience adjustments and changes in assumptions are recognised in profit or loss in the periods in which the changes occur.
The Group presents employee benefit obligations as current liabilities in the statement of financial position if the Group does not have an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve (12) months after the reporting period, irrespective of when the actual settlement is expected to take place.
Defined contribution plans
The Group pays fixed contributions into independent entities in relation to several state plans and insurance for individual employees. The Group has no legal or constructive obligations to pay contributions in addition to its fixed contributions, which are recognised as an expense in the period that relevant employee services are received.
p. Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets Provisions for product warranties, legal disputes, make good obligations, onerous contracts or other claims are recognised when the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of economic resources will be required from the Group and amounts can be estimated reliably. Timing or amount of the outflow may still be uncertain.
Provisions are measured at the estimated expenditure required to settle the present obligation, based on the most reliable evidence available at the reporting date, including the risks and uncertainties associated with the present obligation. Where there are a number of similar obligations, the likelihood that an outflow will be required in settlement is determined by considering the class of obligations as a whole. Provisions are discounted to their present values, where the time value of money is material.
Any reimbursement that the Group can be virtually certain to collect from a third party with respect to the obligation is recognised as a separate asset. However, this asset may not exceed the amount of the related provision.
No liability is recognised if an outflow of economic resources as a result of present obligation is not probable. Such situations are disclosed as contingent liabilities, unless the outflow of resources is remote in which case no liability is recognized.
q. Share-based employee remuneration
The Group operates equity settled share-based remuneration plans for its employees.
This fair value is appraised at the grant date and excludes the impact of nonmarket vesting conditions (for example profitability and sales growth targets and performance conditions).
All share-based remuneration is ultimately recognised as an expense in profit or loss with a corresponding credit to share option reserve. If vesting periods or other vesting conditions apply, the expense is allocated over the vesting period, based on the best available estimate of the number of share options expected to vest.
Non-market vesting conditions are included in assumptions about the number of options that are expected to become exercisable. Estimates are subsequently revised if there is any indication that the number of share options expected to vest differs from previous estimates. Any cumulative adjustment prior to vesting is recognised in the current period. No adjustment is made to any expense recognised in prior periods if share options ultimately exercised are different to that estimated on vesting.
Upon exercise of share options, the proceeds received net of any directly attributable transaction costs are allocated to share capital.
r. Revenue
For licence revenue, and in order to determine whether to recognise revenue, the Group follows a 5-step process:
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- Identifying the contract with a customer,
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- Identifying the performance obligations,
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- Determining the transaction price,
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- Allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations,
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- Recognising revenue when/as performance obligation(s) are satisfied.
The Group will enter into licence transactions and receive upfront and milestone payments as part of research and development collaborations or outlicensing agreements.
The total transaction price for a contract is allocated amongst the various performance obligations based on their relative stand-alone selling prices using the residual method and cost method.
Revenue is recognised either at a point in time or over time, when (or as) the Group satisfies performance obligations by transferring the promised goods or services to its customers.
The Group recognises contract liabilities for consideration received in respect of unsatisfied performance obligations or where revenue is constrained and reports these amounts as contract liabilities in the statement of financial position. Similarly, if the Group satisfies a performance obligation before it receives the consideration, the Group recognises either a contract asset or a receivable in its statement of financial
position, depending on whether something other than the passage of time is required before the consideration is due.
Licence revenue is determined with reference to performance obligations to provide either patents or IP. Licence revenues are considered a right to use and recognised at a point in time, net of any revenue constraints of variable consideration. Various milestones within the agreement are considered constrained and are therefore not included in the total transaction price until the uncertainty is resolved.
Revenue relating to the provision of services is recognised when the services are provided to the extent that progress towards complete satisfaction can be reasonably measured. Progress is measured by reference to a time based output method using the total expected time to complete the services.
The assessment of the criteria for income recognition and the determination of the appropriate period during which income is recognised are subject to judgement where variable consideration that is constrained and revenue is recognised only when it is highly probable that there will not be a significant reversal of revenue.
s. Goods and services tax (GST) Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable from the Australian Taxation Office. In these circumstances, the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of an item of the expense.
Receivables and payables in the statement of financial position are shown inclusive of GST.
Cash flows are presented in the statement of cash flows on a gross basis, except for the GST component of investing and financing activities, which are disclosed as operating cash flows.
t. Research and development Expenditure during the research phase of a project is recognised as an expense when incurred. The research and development incentive is calculated and accrued at year end and is recognised in accordance with 'AASB 120 Accounting for Government Grants'. The amount is credited to other income and the receivable is included in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as a current R&D incentive receivable.
The R&D Incentive becomes receivable once the tax return is lodged which generally occurs during the first quarter after year end.
u. Operating expenses
Operating expenses are recognised in profit or loss upon utilisation of the service or at the date it is incurred. Expenditure for warranties is recognised and charged against the associated provision when the related revenue is recognised.
v. Significant management judgments and estimates in applying accounting policies The Directors evaluate estimates and judgments incorporated into the financial report based on historical knowledge
and best available current information. Estimates assume a reasonable expectation of future events and are based on current trends and economic data.
When preparing the financial statements, management undertakes a number of judgments, estimates and assumptions about the recognition and measurement of assets, liabilities, income and expenses.
Estimation uncertainty
Information about estimates and assumptions that have the most significant effect on recognition and measurement of assets, liabilities, income and expense is provided below. Actual results may be substantially different.
Share options and performance rights
Share options were valued using the binominal pricing model and Black-Scholes pricing model. Historical volatility has been the basis for determining expected share price volatility as it is assumed that this is indicative of future movements. For purposes of the valuation the assumed life of the options was based on the historical exercise patterns, which may not eventuate in the future. No special features inherent to the options granted were incorporated into measurement of fair value. Where approval is required at the AGM and the service period has commenced the expense is measured from the service period start date and is re-measured at grant date (being AGM). Any true up/adjustment is reflected in future periods.
Research and development claim
In calculating the R&D incentive, the Group has treated certain research and development activities as eligible expenditure under the Australian Government tax incentive. Management has assessed these activities and expenditures undertaken in Australia and overseas to determine which are likely to be eligible under the incentive scheme. At each period end, management estimates the refundable R&D incentive available to the Group based on current information. This estimate is also reviewed by external tax advisors. For the years ended 30 June 2021 and 2020, the Group has recognised income of \$0.85 million and \$0.67 million respectively. Refer note 6.
Uncertainties in the estimate relate to expenditure that can be claimed under the scheme including in some cases the claimable percentages applied to certain expenditure.
Licence and service revenue
This arrangement includes development and regulatory milestone payments. At contract inception and at each reporting period, the Group evaluates whether the milestones are considered probable of being reached and estimates the amount to be included in the transaction price using the most likely amount method. If it
is probable that a significant revenue reversal would not occur, the associated milestone value is included in the transaction price. Milestone payments that are not within the Company's control or the customer's control, such as regulatory approvals, are not included in the transaction price. At the end of each subsequent reporting period, the
Company r e-evaluates the probability o f achievemen t o f such development milestones and any related constraint, and if necessary , adjusts its estimate o f the overall transaction price. Any such adjustments are recorded on a cumulative catch-up basis , which would affec t collaboration revenues and earnings in the period of adjustment.
Loans to Shareholders
The Group holds loans to shareholders totalling \$870,227 (F Y20 : \$870,227) that were provided at the time of the 2013 IPO. As outlined in 'impairment of financial assets' above, the Group has made an adjustment for expected credit losses. The Group assesses expected credit losses with reference to the history of losses and considering the value of shares held by the shareholders to determine future expected credit losses. The provision for expected credit losses has been raised against the loans to shareholders, reflecting the reduction in the share price to \$0 .07 4 at balance date and the expected credit loss on realising these loans.
Fair value measurements and valuation process
Some of the Group's assets and liabilities are measured at fair value for financial reporting purposes . Information abou t the valuation techniques and inputs used in determining the fair value o f financial assets and liabilities measured a t fair value are disclosed in note 35.
4. Controlled entities
Set out below are details of the subsidiaries held directly by the Group.
| Name of the subsidiary |
Country of incorporation & |
Principal activity | ownership interests | Group proportion of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| principal place of business |
30 June 2021 |
30 June 2020 |
||
| Regeneus Animal Health Pty Ltd |
Australia 2 Paddington Street, Paddington NSW 2021 |
Non-trading | 100% | 100% |
| Cell Ideas Pty Ltd |
Australia 2 Paddington Street, Paddington NSW 2021 |
Non-trading owns various IP |
100% | 100% |
5. Segment reporting
The Group's operating segment is based on the internal reports that are reviewed and used by the Board of Directors (being the Chief Operating Decision Makers (CODM)) in assessing performance and in determining the allocation of resources.
Following an assessment of the information provided to the CODM, it has been concluded that the Group operates in only one segment, being the development of innovative cellbased therapies to address significant unmet medical needs in human and veterinary health.
Revenue for Licence fee income arose from the Licence and Collaboration Agreement with Kyocera Corporation to exclusively develop and commercialise Progenza™ in Japan, being the Group's largest customer. No other single customer contributed 10% or more to the Group's revenue for both 2021 and 2020.
The segment result is as shown in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income. Refer to statement of financial position for assets and liabilities.
6. Revenue and other income
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
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|---|---|---|
| Revenue from contracts with customers | ||
| Licence fee income | 7,043,026 | 1,639,345 |
| Other fee income | 24,000 | 24,000 |
| Total revenue | 7,067,026 | 1,663,345 |
| Other income | ||
| Federal Government initiatives and grants | - | 50,000 |
| COVID-19 Cash Flow Boost | 37,500 | - |
| Interest income | 12 | 780 |
| R&D incentive | 851,284 | 671,452 |
| Total other income | 888,796 | 722,232 |
Regeneus entered a Licence and Collaboration Agreement in August 2020 with Kyocera Corporation to exclusively develop and commercialise Progenza™ for treatment of knee osteoarthritis in Japan. The contract includes upfront and milestone payments and royalties on future sales. Regeneus has contracted two performance obligations, through this arrangement, being the grant of the Licence and the provision of Technical Guidance.
The transaction price allocated to the partially unsatisfied performance obligation for the provision of Technical Guidance as at 30 June 2021 is USD \$3 million.
The prior period contract liability of \$1.44 million has been recognized as revenue in FY2021 and relates to the second payment as part of the February 2020 Kyocera Memorandum of Understanding payment for definitive agreement. This amount, while receivable prior to finalisation of a definitive agreement was refundable if such an agreement could not be reached.
Regeneus was entitled to invoice the second payment in May 2020 although at the time of issuing both parties agreed that, as it was refundable if an agreement could not be reached, it was more practical to simply delay payment until agreement was reached. Regeneus deferred the recognition of the revenue in accordance with AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, including an offset of \$1.44 million in contract liability.
7. Research & Development Expenses
The Research & Development expenses for the year have been arrived at after charging the following items
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Research & Development Expenses | ||
| Clinical Trial Costs | 589,663 | 182,891 |
| Depreciation | 43,397 | 57,986 |
| Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) | 70,076 | 45,692 |
| Product Research | 43,233 | 38,820 |
| Regulatory consultants | 148,162 | 52,666 |
| Staff costs | 549,482 | 859,602 |
| Total Research & Development expenses | 1,444,013 | 1,237,657 |
8. Corporate Expenses
The corporate expenses for the year have been arrived at after charging the following items:
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Corporate expenses | ||
| Business development costs | 259,600 | 47,089 |
| Compliance | 713,850 | 694,265 |
| Corporate employees | 1,958,683 | 2,068,023 |
| Directors | 208,747 | 236,248 |
| Depreciation | 10,718 | 15,981 |
| Intellectual Property | 284,253 | 370,294 |
| Other & Withholding Tax | 416,849 | 7,362 |
| Total Corporate expenses | 3,852,700 | 3,439,261 |
9. Finance Expenses
The finance expenses for the year have been arrived at after charging the following items:
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Finance expenses | ||
| Interest expense | 45,087 | 248,676 |
| Bank charges | 1,746 | 22,795 |
| Transaction costs | 357,670 | - |
| Total finance expenses | 404,503 | 271,471 |
10. Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include the following components:
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Current | ||
| Cash at bank (AUD account) | 3,792,562 | 981,700 |
| Cash at bank (USD account) | 133 | 145 |
| Total cash and cash equivalents | 3,792,695 | 981,845 |
11. Trade and other receivables
Trade and other receivables include the following:
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Current | ||
| Trade Receivables | - | 1,466,400 |
| Total trade and other receivables | - | 1,466,400 |
These amounts are short term. The net carrying value of trade receivables is considered a reasonable approximation of fair value. All of the Group's trade and other receivables have been reviewed for indicators of impairment of which none was noted.
12. R&D incentive receivable
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Current | ||
| R&D incentive receivable | 751,428 | 429,394 |
| Total R&D incentive receivable | 751,428 | 429,394 |
13. Other current assets
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Current | ||
| Prepayments | 23,588 | 12,431 |
| GST receivable | 88,564 | 23,990 |
| Other current assets | 112,152 | 36,421 |
14. Other Financial Assets
In July 2016, the company assigned a non-core patent application relating to the use of cytokines as biomarkers in red blood cells for an interest in a new venture, Sangui Bio Pty Ltd. Since this date Sangui Bio Pty Ltd has continued to undertake further research to develop the IP and other facets of the business. The interest in Sangui Bio Pty Ltd is included as a non-current financial asset (investment) and is measured at fair value through profit or Loss.
The Group entered into a Subscription Agreement with institutional investor, New Life Sciences, LLC, in May 2021 to secure up to \$4.5 million in a three-stage placement of the Group's ordinary shares, as described in Note 20. An initial placement of \$1.5 million was received at that time. The investor will invest \$1.5 million in a second placement on similar terms as described in Note 20. The receivable for the amount due in the second placement is included as a current financial asset.
The shareholder loans are interest-free loans initially for 4 years maturing September 2017. The Directors extended the maturity of the loans to the 15 June 2019 and while the loans are technically in default the Directors are considering a further extension of the maturity date of these loans. While the loan is full recourse, in accordance with AASB 9 the ECL (expected credit loss) model credit risk has increased as the amounts are in default and the share price has reduced. Accordingly, an expected credit loss allowance has been made.
| 2021 \$ |
2020 (Restated) \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Current | ||
| Shareholder loan | 870,227 | 870,227 |
| Institutional Placement (Note 20) | 1,500,000 | - |
| Expected credit loss allowance | (300,000) | (300,000) |
| Balance as at 30 June – at amortised cost | 2,070,227 | 570,227 |
| Total current other financial assets | 2,070,227 | 570,227 |
| Non-current | ||
| Investment in Sangui Bio Pty Ltd Investment | 1,750,000 | 1,225,000 |
| Balance as at 30 June – at fair value | 1,750,000 | 1,225,000 |
| Total current other financial assets | 1,750,000 | 1,225,000 |
14.1 Balances owing by directors
Included within the shareholder loan are balances owing by the Directors of the financial year as follows:
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Graham Vesey | 150,552 | 150,552 |
| Expected credit loss | (72,926) | (72,926) |
| Total balance owning by directors | 77,626 | 77,626 |
15. Plant and equipment
Details of the Group's property, plant and equipment and their carrying amounts are as follows:
| Office | Lab | Equipment in clinics |
Office fit-out |
Total \$ |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| equipment \$ |
equipment \$ |
\$ | \$ | ||
| Gross carrying amount | |||||
| Balance 1 July 2020 | 27,703 | 344,163 | - | - | 371,866 |
| Additions | 7,784 | - | - | - | 7,784 |
| Disposals | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balance 30 June 2021 | 35,487 | 344,163 | - | - | 379,650 |
| Depreciation and impairment | |||||
| Balance 1 July 2020 | (23,569) | (286,492) | - | - | (310,061) |
| Disposals | - | - | - | - | - |
| Depreciation | (5,343) | (43,397) | - | - | (48,740) |
| Balance 30 June 2021 | (28,912) | (329,889) | - | - | (358,801) |
| Carrying amount 30 June 2021 | 6,575 | 14,274 | - | - | 20,849 |
| Gross carrying amount | |||||
| Balance 1 July 2019 | 139,891 | 613,316 | 52,116 | 1,168,665 | 1,973,988 |
| Additions | - | - | - | - | - |
| Disposals | 112,188 | 269,153 | 52,116 | 1,168,665 | 1,602,122 |
| Balance 30 June 2020 | 27,703 | 344,163 | - | - | 371,866 |
| Depreciation and impairment | |||||
| Balance 1 July 2019 | (105,231) | (494,528) | (52,116) | (1,168,665) | (1,820,540) |
| Disposals | 92,267 | 266,022 | 52,116 | 1,168,665 | 1,579,070 |
| Depreciation | (10,605) | (57,986) | - | - | (68,591) |
| Balance 30 June 2020 | (23,569) | (286,492) | - | (310,061) | |
| Carrying amount 30 June 2020 | 4,134 | 57,671 | - | - | 61,805 |
16. Right of use assets under lease
The Group's right of use assets under lease and their carrying amounts are as follows:
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Gross carrying amount | 23,742 | 23,742 |
| Right of use asset balance | 23,742 | 23,742 |
| Amortisation and impairment | (5,375) | (5,375) |
| Accumulated amortisation and impairment | (10,750) | (5,375) |
| Carrying amount 30 June 2021 | 12,992 | 18,367 |
17. Intangible assets
Details of the Group's intangible assets and their carrying amounts are as follows:
| Acquired software licenses \$ |
Total \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Gross carrying amount | ||
| Balance at 1 July 2020 | 82,561 | 82,561 |
| Balance at 30 June 2021 | 82,561 | 82,561 |
| Amortisation and impairment | ||
| Balance at 1 July 2020 | (82,561) | (82561) |
| Amortisation | - | - |
| Balance at 30 June 2021 | (82,561) | (82,561) |
| Carrying amount 30 June 2021 | - | - |
| Gross carrying amount | ||
| Balance at 1 July 2019 | 82,561 | 82,561 |
| Balance at 30 June 2020 | 82,561 | 82,561 |
| Amortisation and impairment | ||
| Balance at 1 July 2019 | (82,561) | (82,561) |
| Amortisation | - | - |
| Balance at 30 June 2020 | (82,561) | (82,561) |
| Carrying amount 30 June 2020 | - | - |
18. Trade and other payables
Trade and other payables consists of the following:
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Current | ||
| Trade payables | 872,382 | 555,759 |
| Accruals | 118,907 | 357,528 |
| PAYG Payable | 84,728 | - |
| Superannuation Payable | 26,647 | - |
| ANZ Credit Card | 5,452 | 32,981 |
| Total trade and other payables | 1,108,116 | 946,268 |
All amounts are short term and the carrying values are considered to be a reasonable approximation of fair value.
18.1 Foreign currency risk
The carrying amount of trade and other payables denominated in foreign currencies is:
| 2021 \$/ ¥ |
2020 \$/ ¥ |
|
|---|---|---|
| US dollar | 241,035 | 10,394 |
| Japanese Yen | - | 1,000,000 |
19. Provisions
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Current: Annual leave | ||
| Opening balance 1 July | 61,652 | 102,481 |
| Benefits accrued / (expensed) | 16,642 | (40,829) |
| Balance as at 30 June | 78,294 | 61,652 |
| Current: Long service leave | ||
| Opening balance 1 July | 79,470 | 40,196 |
| Benefits accrued | 17,910 | 2,881 |
| Benefits paid | (29,068) | (11,944) |
| Benefits transferred from non-current | 36,773 | 48,337 |
| Balance as at 30 June | 105,085 | 79,470 |
| Current: Make good | ||
| Opening balance 1 July | - | 210,000 |
| Provision accrued | - | - |
| Expense incurred | - | (210,000) |
| Balance as at 30 June | - | - |
| Total current provisions | 183,379 | 141,122 |
| Non-current: Long service leave | ||
| Opening balance 1 July | 49,071 | 175,386 |
| Benefits accrued | 4,440 | 3,663 |
| Benefits paid | - | (81,641) |
| Benefits transferred to current | (36,773) | (48,337) |
| Balance as at 30 June | 16,738 | 49,071 |
| Total non-current provisions | 16,738 | 49,071 |
20. Borrowings and Derivative Financial Instrument
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Current borrowings | ||
| Directors loan | - | 1,100,000 |
| Total current borrowings | - | 1,100,000 |
| Non-current derivative financial instrument | ||
| Institutional placement | 3,042,802 | - |
| Total non-current derivative financial instrument | 3,042,802 | - |
The Group entered into a Subscription Agreement with institutional investor, New Life Sciences, LLC, in May 2021 to secure up to \$4.5 million in a three-stage placement of the Group's ordinary shares.
An initial placement of \$1.5 million (with a subscription price of \$1.59 million) was received at that time. The investor will invest \$1.5 million in a second placement (also with a subscription price of \$1.59 million). The receivable for the amount due in the second placement is included as a current receivable in Note 14.
The Group plans to issue ordinary shares to settle the obligations arising from the initial and second placement in relation to all or part of the placement at the institutional investor's request, within 24 months of the date of the corresponding placement. The number of ordinary shares so issued will be determined by applying the Purchase Price (as set out below) to the subscription amount, but subject to a Floor Price (as set out below). There is no right to redemption of the cash invested by the institutional investor. Consequently, the obligation to settle the borrowing is accounted for as a derivative in its entirety by designating the entire instrument as at fair value through profit or loss.
The Purchase Price is the five daily volume-weighted average prices selected by the investor during the 20 consecutive trading days immediately prior to the date of issue of the investor's notice to issue shares, less a 5% discount (or an 8% discount if the investor's notice to issue Placement Shares is issued after 1 February 2022) (rounded down to the next one tenth of a cent, or if the share price exceeds \$0.20, the next half a cent).
The Purchase Price is subject to a Floor Price of \$0.05. If the Purchase Price formula were to result in a price that is less than the Floor Price, the Company may refuse to issue ordinary shares and instead opt to repay the relevant subscription amount in cash (with a 5% premium), subject to the Investor's right to receive shares at the Floor Price in lieu of such cash repayment. The Purchase Price will not be the subject of a cap.
20.1 Borrowings reconciliation
The opening and closing balances of borrowings can be reconciled as follows
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Borrowings at beginning of year | 1,100,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Movements in the period | ||
| Repayment of directors loan | (1,100,000) | (1,400,000) |
| Borrowings at end of year | - | 1,100,000 |
20.2 Derivative Financial Instrument reconciliation
The opening and closing balances of derivative financial instrument can be reconciled as follows
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Derivative Financial Instrument at beginning of year |
- | - |
| Movements in the period | ||
| First tranche of institutional placement | 1,590,000 | - |
| Second tranche of institutional placement | 1,590,000 | - |
| Transferred to/recognised in equity | - | - |
| Fair value adjustment | (137,198) | - |
| Derivative Financial Instrument at end of year | 3,042,802 | - |
21. Contract liabilities
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Current | ||
| Contract Liability | - | 1,440,000 |
| Total contract liabilities | - | 1,440,000 |
The prior period contract liability of \$1.44 million relates to the second payment as part of the February 2020 Kyocera Memorandum of Understanding payment for definitive agreement. This amount, while receivable prior to finalisation of a definitive agreement was refundable if such an agreement could not be reached.
Regeneus was entitled to invoice the second payment in May 2020 although at the time of issuing both parties agreed that, as it was refundable if an agreement could not be reached, it was more practical to simply delay payment until agreement was reached. Regeneus deferred the recognition of the revenue in accordance with AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, including an offset amount in contract liability.
During the current year an agreement between the two parties was reached and payment became due.
22. Lease liabilities
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Current | ||
| Lease liability | 18,960 | 23,742 |
| Lease payments in period | (6,444) | (6,444) |
| Interest expense (included in finance expenses) | 1,327 | 1,662 |
| Total lease liabilities | 13,843 | 18,960 |
| Comprising: | ||
| Current lease liability | 5,296 | 5,117 |
| Non-current lease liability | 8,547 | 13,843 |
| Total lease liabilities | 13,843 | 18,960 |
23. Equity
23.1 Share capital
The share capital of Regeneus Ltd consists only of fully paid ordinary shares which do not have a par value. All shares are equally eligible to receive dividends and the repayment of capital, and represent one vote at a shareholders' meeting of Regeneus Ltd.
| 2021 shares |
2020 shares |
2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shares issued and fully paid | ||||
| Beginning of the year | 277,824,988 | 208,885,143 | 36,358,675 | 31,076,819 |
| Shares issued | 25,713,375 | 68,939,845 | 1,900,195 | 5,281,856 |
| Closing balance at the end of the year |
303,538,363 | 277,824,988 | 38,258,870 | 36,358,675 |
During 2021, the following shares were issued, no options were exercised.
| 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Beginning balance at the start of the year | 277,824,988 |
| Issuance of shares to AGC | 22,459,393 |
| Commencement shares from LLC fund raising | 1,353,982 |
| Initial placement shares as a result of institutional placement | 1,900,000 |
| Closing balance at the end of the year | 303,538,363 |
In December 2019 the agreements with AGC were terminated. The termination of the agreements gave rise to AGC being entitled to be issued shares in Regeneus to the value of up to US\$2.5 million. AGC confirmed that they would be prepared to be issued with shares in Regeneus based on a valuation of AU\$0.16 per share. This gave rise to an estimated entitlement of AGC to receive 22,462,712 ordinary shares in Regeneus. In September 2020 a total of 22,459,393 ordinary shares were issued to AGC to the value of up to \$US\$2.5 million.
The Group entered into a Subscription Agreement with institutional investor, New Life Sciences, LLC, in May 2021 to secure up to \$4.5 million in a three-stage placement of the Group's ordinary shares. An initial placement of \$1.5 million (with a subscription price of \$1.59 million) was received at that time. The investor will invest \$1.5 million in a second placement (also with a subscription price of \$1.59 million). The receivable for the amount due in the second placement is included as a current receivable in Note 14.
At the execution of the Subscription Agreement, the Group issued 1,353,982 shares and 1,900,000 shares. The 1,353,982 shares issued for a value of \$103,444 are in relation to the commencement shares in lieu of a commencement fee. The 1,900,000 shares issued are in relation to the initial placement shares. The investor must pay for the Initial placement shares by the time all settlements under the agreement have been made. The investor may elect to pay the entire amount outstanding before the final date. The amount of the payment is 95% of the price of the shares at the time of payment, where the price of the shares is (a) the average of 5 daily VWAPs per share (selected by the subscriber at their sole discretion) during 20 trading days prior to the payment, or (b) the fair value of the shares, if the company is no longer listed or not trading for a certain period. The value of the initial placement shares and corresponding right to payment is included in the fair value of the entire institutional placement obligation valuation in Note 20.
23.2 Other contributed equity
In December 2019 the agreements with AGC were terminated. The termination of the agreements gave rise to AGC being entitled to be issued shares in Regeneus to the value of up to US\$2.5 million. AGC confirmed that they would be prepared to be issued with shares in Regeneus based on a valuation of AU\$0.16 per share. This gave rise to an estimated entitlement of AGC to receive 22,462,712 ordinary shares in Regeneus.
The prevailing price of Regeneus shares at the time of the agreement was AU\$0.08 giving rise to Other contributed equity of AU\$1,797,017.
In September 2020 a total of 22,459,393 ordinary shares were issued to AGC to the value of up to US\$2.5 million. Therefore the issuing of the shares gave rise to share capital of AU\$1,796,751. As such an adjustment to the estimated figure previously recorded in December 2019 was adjusted in the first half of the period.
| Shares | \$ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 21 | 30 June 20 | 30 June 21 | 30 June 20 |
|
| Beginning of the year | 22,462,712 | - | 1,797,017 | - |
| Shares to be issued | (3,319) | 22,462,712 | (266) | 1,797,017 |
| Shares issued | (22,459,393) | - | (1,796,751) | - |
| Closing balance at the end of the year | - | 22,462,712 | - | 1,797,017 |
23.3 Reserves
The details of reserves are as follows:
| Share option reserve \$ |
Total reserves \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Balance at 30 June 2019 | 412,065 | 412,065 |
| Share options expense | 245,706 | 245,706 |
| Options exercised | - | - |
| Transfer from reserves to retained earnings for options lapsed | (226,250) | (226,250) |
| Balance at 30 June 2020 | 431,521 | 431,521 |
| Share options expense | 442,228 | 442,228 |
| Share options issued as part of institutional placement – Note 20 | 74,225 | 74,225 |
| Options exercised | - | - |
| Employee share-based payment option forfeited | (327,265) | (327,265) |
| Transfer from reserves to retained earnings for options lapsed | (85,325) | (85,325) |
| Balance at 30 June 2021 | 535,384 | 535,384 |
23.4 Unissued shares under option
The details of reserves are as follows:
| Date of granting | Expiry date | Exercise price of option \$ |
Number under option |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/05/2021 | 11/05/2024 | 0.1651 | 3,800,000 |
The Group entered into a Subscription Agreement with institutional investor, New Life Sciences, LLC, in May 2021 to secure up to \$4.5 million in a three-stage placement of the Group's ordinary shares. An initial placement of \$1.5 million (with a subscription price of \$1.59 million) was received at that time. The investor will invest \$1.5 million in a second placement (also with a subscription price of \$1.59 million). The receivable for the amount due in the second placement is included as a current receivable in Note 14.
3,800,000 options were issued immediately before the first placement as part of the commencement transactions and can be exercised any time over a period of 36 months. The cash exercise price of the options is 135% of the average daily VWAP per share for 20 consecutive trading days immediately prior to execution date. For further commentary regarding unissued shares under option specific to employee's remuneration see note 24.
24. Employee remuneration
24.1 Share-based employee remuneration
As at 30 June 2021 the Group maintained share-based option plans as part of employee remuneration. 31.01 million Options were awarded during the year (FY20: 15.75 million) and 17.60 million options were forfeited during the year (FY20: 6.42 million)
Share options and weighted average exercise prices for the reporting periods presented are as follows.
| Share options | Employee share option Option share trust Total share options plan |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Weight avg exercise price \$ |
Number | Weight avg exercise price \$ |
Number | Weight avg exercise price \$ |
|
| Outstanding at 1 July 2019 |
1,771,774 | 0.14 | 5,900,000 | 0.22 | 7,671,774 | 0.20 |
| Granted | - | - | 15,750,000 | 0.15 | 15,750,000 | 0.15 |
| Forfeited | (770,100) | 0.14 | (5,650,000) | 0.13 | (6,420,100) | 0.13 |
| Exercised | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Outstanding at 30 June 2020 |
1,001,674 | 0.14 | 16,000,000 | 0.18 | 17,001,674 | 0.18 |
| Granted | 27,980,770 | 0.10 | 3,029,500 | 0.12 | 31,010,270 | 0.10 |
| Forfeited | (2,852,674) | 0.14 | (14,750,000) | 0.16 | (17,602,674) | 0.16 |
| Exercised | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Outstanding at 30 June 2021 |
26,129,770 | 0.10 | 29,279,500 | 0.11 | 30,409,270 | 0.11 |
| Exercisable at 30 June 2021 |
250,000 | 0.10 | 1,250,000 | 0.20 | 1,500,000 | 0.18 |
| Exercisable at 30 June 2022 |
6,533,090 | 0.10 | 1,250,000 | 0.20 | 7,803,090 | 0.12 |
Other details of options currently outstanding:
- The range of exercise prices is \$0.100 to \$0.200
- The weighted average remaining contractual life is approximately 4 years
- The conditions of these options vesting are based on period of service and significant corporate transactions.
The fair value of share options dated 31January 2019 & 1 September 2019 were calculated using the binominal pricing model and the fair value of share options dated 1 July 2020, 14 October 2020 & 24 May 2020 calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model.
| Valuation assumptions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant date | 31 Jan 2019 |
1 Sept 2019 |
1 July 2020 |
14 Oct 20120 |
14 Oct 20120 |
24 May 2021 |
| Share price at date of grant |
\$0.155 | \$0.070 | \$0.070 | \$0.160 | \$0.160 | \$0.095 |
| Volatility | 65% | 85% | 75% | 65% | 65% | 90% |
| Option life | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years |
| Dividend yield | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Risk free investment rate |
1.90% | 0.680% | 0.400% | 0.320% | 0.320% | 0.500% |
| Fair value at grant date |
\$0.0767 | \$0.0424 | \$0.0370 | \$0.1002 | \$0.0908 | \$0.067 |
| Exercise price at date of grant |
\$0.20 | \$0.10 | \$0.10 | \$0.1075 | \$0.14 | \$0.10 |
| 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Grant date | 24 May 2021 |
24 May 2021 |
| Share price at date of grant |
\$0.095 | \$0.095 |
| Volatility | 90% | 90% |
| Option life | 5 years | 5 years |
| Dividend yield | 0% | 0% |
| Risk free investment rate |
0.500% | 0.500% |
| Fair value at grant date |
\$0.067 | \$0.067 |
| Exercise price at date of grant |
\$0.10 | \$0.10 |
In total, \$114,964 (2020: \$245,706), of employee remuneration expense (all of which related to equity settled share-based payment transactions) has been included in profit or loss and credited to share option reserve.
Volatility has been determined based on the historic share price volatility as it is assumed that this is indicative of future movements.
Option life is based on the nominated expiry date of the option and historical exercise patterns, which may not eventuate.
Share-based payment modified during the period
In May 2021 there was a revision to the Board approved Long Term Incentives (LTI) for Regeneus CEO Karolis Rosickas. These modifications were in lieu of the previous LTI contained in Mr Rosickas employment contract to the market on the 2 November 2020.
The incremental fair value granted as a result of these modifications is equal to \$250,000 and this was calculated by determining the difference in fair value between the options issued on 2 November 2020 and the fair value of those options same options on 24 May 2021.
Tranche 1
| Grant date | 2 Nov 2020 | 24 May 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Share price | \$0.125 | \$0.095 |
| Volatility | 75% | 90% |
| Option life | 5 years | 4.5 years |
| Dividend yield | 0% | 0% |
| Risk free investment rate | 0.280% | 0.500% |
| Fair value | \$0.072 | \$0.067 |
| Exercise price | \$0.14 | \$0.14 |
| Number of options | 4,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Tranche 2
| Grant date | 2 Nov 2020 | 24 May 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Share price | \$0.125 | \$0.095 |
| Volatility | 75% | 90% |
| Option life | 5 years | 4.5 years |
| Dividend yield | 0% | 0% |
| Risk free investment rate | 0.280% | 0.500% |
| Fair value | \$0.066 | \$0.067 |
| Exercise price | \$0.18 | \$0.18 |
| Number of options | 2,000,000 | 5.,000,000 |
| Tranche 1 | Tranche 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fair value of options at 2nd November 2020 | \$288,000 | \$132,000 |
| Fair value of options at 24th May 2021 | \$335,000 | \$335,000 |
| Incremental fair value granted | \$47,000 | \$203,000 |
25. Income tax expense
The major components of tax expense and the reconciliation of the expected tax expense based on the domestic effective tax rate of Regeneus Ltd at 26% (2020: 27.5%) and the reported tax expense in profit or loss are as follows:
| 2021 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| \$ | (Restated) \$ |
|
| The prima facie tax on profit / (loss) before income tax is reconciled to the income tax as follows |
||
| Prima facie tax receivable on profit / (loss) before income tax at 26% |
717,356 | (245,863) |
| Less: | ||
| Tax effect of: | ||
| - Research and development incentive | (221,334) | (184,649) |
| - Timing differences | (133,916) | (327,212) |
| Add: | ||
| Tax effect of: | ||
| - Non-deductible expenses | 124,658 | 468,974 |
| - Timing differences | - | - |
| - Tax losses not brought to account | - | 288,750 |
| - Recoupment of prior year tax losses not brought to account | 486,765 | - |
| Income tax benefit | - | - |
| The applicable weighted average effective tax rates are as follows: |
0% | 0% |
| 2021 | 2020 | |
| \$ | (Restated) \$ |
|
| Deferred tax assets not recognised | ||
| Tax losses not recognised | 8,178,909 | 10,051,082 |
| Capital losses not recognised | 840,895 | 833,534 |
| Other deferred tax assets not recognised | 1,165,583 | 1,215,615 |
| Total | 10,185,387 | 12,100,231 |
| Potential tax benefit | 2,648,201 | 3,327,564 |
2020 tax losses not recognised have been restated to reflect amended tax returns.
26. Auditor's remuneration
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Audit and review of financial statements | ||
| Auditors of Regeneus Ltd – Grant Thornton | 113,558 | 108,595 |
| Remuneration for audit and review of financial statements | 113,558 | 108,595 |
| Total auditor's remuneration | 113,558 | 108,595 |
27. Earnings per share
Both the basic and diluted earnings per share have been calculated using the gain or loss attributable to shareholders of the Parent Company as the numerator (i.e. no adjustments to the loss were necessary in FY20).
The reconciliation of the weighted average number of shares for the purposes of diluted earnings per share to the weighted average number of ordinary shares used in the calculation of basic earnings per share is as follows:
| 2021 | 2020 (Restated) |
|
|---|---|---|
| \$ | \$ | |
| Earnings per share | ||
| Basic earnings per share from continuing operations | 0.009 | (0.003) |
| The weighted average number of ordinary shares used as the denominator on calculating the EPS |
296,343,488 | 265,883,744 |
| Diluted earnings per share | ||
| Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations | 0.009 | (0.003) |
| The weighted average number of ordinary shares used as the denominator on calculating the DEPS |
296,343,488 | 265,883,744 |
Share options have not been included in the diluted EPS calculation because they are anti-dilutive.
28. Reconciliation of cash flows from operating activities
| 2021 \$ |
2020 (Restated) \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Cash flows from operating activities | ||
| Profit / (Loss) for the period | 2,759,061 | (894,046) |
| Non cash adjustments for: | ||
| • Depreciation | 54,115 | 73,966 |
| • Interest income | - | - |
| • Loss on disposal of plant and equipment | - | 17,622 |
| • Gain on settlement of equity instrument | (266) | (1,854,783) |
| • Equity settled share-based transactions | 114,963 | 245,706 |
| • Finance costs | 357,670 | - |
| • Fair value increase on investments | (525,000) | (175,000) |
| • Fair value increase on institutional placement | (137,198) | - |
| • Realised foreign exchange (gain) / loss | - | 87,500 |
| • Gain on disposal of Regeneus Japan Inc | - | (7,077) |
| Net changes in working capital: | ||
| • Change in inventories | - | 8,615 |
| • Change in trade and other receivables | 1,466,400 | (1,466,400) |
| • Change in right of use assets | (5,117) | (4,782) |
| • Change in other current assets | (75,731) | 238,595 |
| • Change in trade and other payables | 83,453 | (86,001) |
| • Change in other employee obligations | 78,394 | (23,677) |
| • Change in R&D incentive receivable | (322,034) | 820,046 |
| • Change in contract liabilities | (1,440,000) | 1,440,000 |
| • Change in provisions | 9,924 | (337,870) |
| Net cash inflow / (outflow) from operating activities | 2,418,634 | (1,917,586) |
29. Related party transactions and loans
On the 28 February 2019, the Company received loans from Directors totalling AU\$2,500,000 in an arms-length arrangement. The loans were unsecured and repayable on the earlier of 2 March 2020 or 10 days after a capital raise sufficient to fund repayment of the loans of the Company and support the working capital requirements of the Company for the 12 months during the 2019 period, as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors.
During September 2019 a successful capital raising was undertaken and AU\$1.4 million of the Directors Loans were converted to shares. The interest associated with these loans was paid out in March 2020 in accordance with the original loan arrangements.
The remaining AU\$1.1 million loan was renegotiated as part of a new AU\$4 million loan facility, AU\$2 million provided by Leo Lee and a further AU\$2 million provided by Paddington St Finance Pty Ltd. However, in light of the recent licence and collaboration agreement with Kyocera the Company made a final principal repayment of AU\$1.1m to Leo Lee and cancelled the loan facilities totalling AU\$4m with Paddington St Finance Pty Ltd & Leo Lee.
| Related party transactions | 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|---|---|---|
| Paddington St Finance Pty Ltd | ||
| Balance at beginning of the year | - | 1,280,000 |
| Loan received | - | 20,000 |
| Loan repaid | - | (1,300,000) |
| Balance at year end | - | - |
| Balance at beginning of the year | - | 152,143 |
| Interest charged | - | 54,664 |
| Interest paid | - | (206,807) |
| Unpaid interest on loan from Paddington St Finance Pty Ltd |
- | - |
| Leo Lee | ||
| Balance at the beginning of the year | 1,100,000 | 2,100,000 |
| Loan received | - | - |
| Loan repaid | (1,100,000) | (1,000,000) |
| Balance at year end | - | 1,100,000 |
| Balance at beginning of the year | 209,500 | 125,000 |
| Interest charged | 43,760 | 192,340 |
| Interest paid | (227,934) | (107,840) |
| Unpaid interest on loan from Directors | 25,326 | 209,500 |
| Total balance outstanding with related parties | 25,326 | 1,309,500 |
Loans receivable relate to the shareholder loan, terms of which are disclosed in Note 14
| Related party loan receivable | 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|---|---|---|
| Graham Vesey | 150,552 | 150,552 |
| Expected credit loss | (72,926) | (72,926) |
| Total related party loans | 77,626 | 77,626 |
During the year Regeneus signed a licence agreement with BioPoint Pty Ltd a company of which Graham Vesey is a director and significant shareholder. This licence agreement was agreed upon in September 2020 and is valued at \$3,000 per month. This licence agreement provides Regeneus with laboratory space and facilities in order to develop and manufacture a stem cell secretion product (Sygenus) and supply the product to the cosmetic market. The licence also provides Regeneus with the opportunity to research and manufacture a stem cell product, Progenza. Total value of transactions for the year is equal to \$30,000.
30. Transactions with key management personnel
Key management personnel remuneration includes the following expenses:
| 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Salaries & Fees | 690,025 | 687,000 |
| Short term incentive | 400,000 | - |
| Total short-term employee benefits | 1,090,250 | 687,000 |
| Defined contribution pension plans | 14,630 | 14,440 |
| Other long-term benefits | 23,735 | 4,985 |
| Share-based payments | 363,357 | 212,714 |
| Total remuneration | 1,491,971 | 919,139 |
During the year, no options were exercised.
Disclosures relating to key management personnel are set out in this note and the remuneration report in the Directors' report.
31. Contingent liabilities
Prior to the commencement of the current financial year the Group received a claim for reimbursement of additional expenditure from a group that undertook an animal trial for the Group in 2015 through to 2018. Management believe it is an ambit claim with little merit and will pursue avenues to minimise this claim and may potentially seek reimbursement of the costs of the failed trial paid to date. It is anticipated the net claim including costs would not exceed \$50,000. (FY20:\$50,000).
Other than the claim noted above, the Group has no other contingent liabilities as at 30 June 2021
32. Capital expenditure commitments
There were no capital commitments as at the 30 June 2021 (FY20: \$nil).
33. Correction of prior period error
During 2021, the Group identified that it had an equity investment that had not been remeasured in its financial statements since its acquisition in 2016. The equity investment is required to be measured at fair value. As a consequence, the investment is recognised at fair value at year end and the movement in the fair value each year is recorded in profit or loss. The errors have been corrected by restating each of the affected financial statement line items for prior periods.
The following tables summarise the impact on the Group's consolidated financial statements.
Consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income
| For the year ended 30 June | 2020 as previously stated |
Adjustments | 2020 as restated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1,663,345 | 1,663,345 | |
| Other income | 722,232 | 722,232 | |
| Research and development expenses | (1,237,657) | (1,237,657) | |
| Occupancy expenses | (262,972) | (262,972) | |
| Corporate expenses | (3,439,261) | (3,439,261) | |
| Finance costs | (271,471) | (271,471) | |
| Gain on disposal of Regeneus Japan Inc | 7,077 | 7,077 | |
| Loss on disposal of fixed assets | (17,622) | (17,622) | |
| Fair value decrease in institutional placement |
- | - | |
| Fair value increase on investments | - | 175,000 | 175,000 |
| Gain on settlement of AGC Inc contract liability |
1,854,783 | 1,854,783 | |
| Realised foreign exchange loss on contract liability |
(87,500) | (87,500) | |
| Foreign exchange gain | - | - | |
| Profit/(loss) before income tax | (1,069,046) | 175,000 | (894,046) |
| Income tax (expense) / benefit | - | - | - |
| Profit/(loss) for the year | (1,069,046) | 175,000 | (894,046) |
| Other comprehensive (expense) / income |
- | - | - |
| Total comprehensive income / (loss) for the year |
(1,069,046) | 175,000 | (894,046) |
| Earnings per Share | 2020 as previously stated |
Adjustments | 2020 as restated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic earnings per share | |||
| Basic earnings per share from continuing operations | (0.004) | 0.0004 | (0.003) |
| Diluted earnings per share | |||
| Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations | (0.004) | 0.0004 | (0.003) |
Statement of financial position at the beginning of the earliest comparative period
| For the year ended 30 June | 1 July 2019 as previously stated |
Adjustments | 1 July 2019 as restated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 255,463 | - | 255,463 |
| Trade and other receivables | 8,615 | - | 8,615 |
| R&D incentive receivables | 1,249,440 | - | 1,249,440 |
| Other current assets | 275,016 | - | 275,016 |
| Other financial assets | 596,157 | - | 596,157 |
| Total Current Assets | 2,384,691 | - | 2,384,691 |
| Non-Current Assets | |||
| Other financial assets | - | 1,050,000 | 1,050,000 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 153,448 | - | 153,448 |
| Right of use assets under lease | - | - | - |
| Intangible assets | 3,675 | - | 3,675 |
| Total Non-Current Assets | 157,123 | 1,050,000 | 1,207,123 |
| Total Assets | 2,541,814 | 1,050,000 | 3,591,814 |
| Current Liabilities | |||
| Trade and other payables | 1,055,946 | - | 1,055,946 |
| Provisions | 352,677 | - | 352,677 |
| Borrowings | 3,780,000 | - | 3,780,000 |
| Financial liabilities | 3,564,300 | - | 3,564,300 |
| Total Current Liabilities | 8,752,923 | - | 8,752,923 |
| Non-Current Liabilities | |||
| Provisions | 175,386 | - | 175,386 |
| Total Non-Current Liabilities | 175,386 | - | 175,386 |
| Total Liabilities | 8,928,309 | - | 8,928,309 |
| Net Assets | (6,386,495) | 1,050,000 | (5,336,495) |
| Equity | |||
| Issued capital | 31,076,819 | - | 31,076,819 |
| Accumulated losses | (37,875,379) | 1,050,000 | (36,825,379) |
| Reserves | 412,065 | - | 412,065 |
| Total Equity | (6,386,495) | 1,050,000 | (5,336,495) |
Statement of financial position at the beginning of the earliest comparative period
| 1 July 2020 as | 1 July 2020 as | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| For the year ended 30 June | previously stated |
Adjustments | restated |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 981,845 | - | 981,845 |
| Trade and other receivables | 1,466,400 | - | 1,466,400 |
| R&D incentive receivables | 429,394 | - | 429,394 |
| Other current assets | 36,421 | - | 36,421 |
| Other financial assets | 570,227 | - | 570,227 |
| Total Current Assets | 3,484,287 | - | 3,484,287 |
| Non-Current Assets | |||
| Other financial assets | - | 1,225,000 | 1,225,000 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 61,805 | - | 61,805 |
| Right of use assets under lease | 18,367 | - | 18,367 |
| Total Non-Current Assets | 80,172 | 1,225,000 | 1,305,172 |
| Total Assets | 3,564,459 | 1,225,000 | 4,789,459 |
| Current Liabilities | |||
| Trade and other payables | 946,268 | - | 946,268 |
| Provisions | 141,122 | - | 141,122 |
| Borrowings | 1,100,000 | - | 1,100,000 |
| Lease liabilities | 5,117 | 5,117 | |
| Contract liabilities | 1,440,000 | - | 1,440,000 |
| Total Current Assets | 3,632,507 | - | 3,632,507 |
| Non-Current Liabilities | |||
| Lease liabilities | 13,843 | - | 13,843 |
| Provisions | 49,071 | - | 49,071 |
| Borrowings | - | - | - |
| Total Non-Current Liabilities | 62,914 | - | 62,914 |
| Total Liabilities | 3,695,421 | - | 3,695,421 |
| Net Assets | (130,962) | 1,225,000 | 1,094,038 |
| Equity | |||
| Issued capital | 36,358,675 | - | 36,358,675 |
| Other contributed equity | 1,797,017 | - | 1,797,017 |
| Accumulated losses | (38,718,175) | 1,225,000 | (37,493,175) |
| Reserves | 431,521 | - | 431,521 |
| Total Equity | (130,962) | 1,225,000 | 1,094,038 |
34. Financial instruments
a. Capital risk management
The Group's financial instruments consist mainly of deposits with banks, accounts receivable, shareholder and director loans, accounts payable, borrowings and investments.
b. Categories of financial instruments
The total for each category of financial instrument, measured in accordance with AASB 9 as detailed in the accounting policies to these financial statements, are as follows:
| Financial assets | 2021 \$ |
2020 (Restated) \$ |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 3,792,695 | 981,845 |
| Trade and other receivables | - | 1,466,400 |
| Other financial assets | 2,070,227 | 570,227 |
| Total financial assets at amortised cost | 5,862,922 | 4,243,472 |
| Sangui Bio Pty Ltd Investment | 1,750,000 | 1,225,000 |
| Total financial assets at fair value through profit or loss |
1,750,000 | 1,225,000 |
| Financial liabilities at amortised cost | 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|---|---|---|
| Trade and other payables | 1,108,116 | 946,268 |
| Director's loans | - | 1,100,000 |
| Total financial liabilities at amortised cost | 1,108,116 | 2,046,268 |
| Derivative Financial Instrument – Institutional placement |
3,042,802 | - |
| Total financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss |
3,042,802 | - |
c. Financial risk management objective
The Group is exposed to various risks in relation to financial instruments. The main types of risks are price risk, foreign currency risk, credit risk and liquidity risk.
The Group's risk management is coordinated in close operation with the Board of Directors, and focuses on actively securing the Group's short to medium term cash flows by minimising the exposure to financial markets.
The Group does not actively engage in the trading of financial assets for speculative purposes. The most significant financial risks to which the Group is exposed are described below.
d. Foreign exchange risk
Foreign exchange risk is the risk of an adverse impact on the Group's financial performance as a result of exchange rate volatility.
Foreign exchange risk arises when future commercial transactions and recognised assets and liabilities are denominated in a currency that is not the entity's functional currency.
The Group is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising primarily from transactions with foreign suppliers and revenue from licence arrangements. Material exposure to currency risk arises from foreign currency transactions and is limited to trade. The total AUD balance of trade payables denominated in a foreign currency (USD) at 30 June 2021 is \$241,035 (FY20: \$29,510).
Management have assessed the risk of movement in interest rates, and foreign exchange and believe the nature of the net risk is minimal and do not believe the impact would be material to the accounts.
The following table illustrates the sensitivity of profit in regards to the Group's financial assets and financial liabilities and the USD / AUD and JPY / AUD exchange rate 'all other things equal'. It assumes a +/- 10% change of the AUD / USD and the AUD / JPY exchange rate for the year ended at 30 June 2021 (FY20: 10%). This percentage has been determined based on the average market volatility in exchange rates in the previous twelve (12) months. The sensitivity analysis is based on the Group's foreign currency financial instruments held at each reporting date.
Movements in the AUD / USD and the AUD / JPY would have the following impact:
| Profit / (loss) impact of exchange rate sensitivity | 2021 \$ |
2020 \$ |
|---|---|---|
| If AUD had strengthened against USD & JPY by 10% (2020: 10%) | (32,154) | (2,950) |
| If AUD had weakened against USD & JPY by 10% (2020: 10%) | 32,154 | 2,950 |
Exposure to foreign exchange rates vary during the year depending on the volume of overseas transactions. Nonetheless the analysis above is considered to be representative of the Group's exposure to currency risk.
e. Liquidity risk analysis
Liquidity risk is risk that the Group might be unable to meet its obligations. The Group manages its liquidity needs by monitoring forecast cash inflows and outflows due in day-today business. The data used for analysing these cash flows consistent with that used in the contractual maturity analysis below. Liquidity needs are monitored in a rolling 365 day projection.
The Group's objective is to maintain cash and deposits to meet its liquidity requirements for 180 day periods at a minimum. This objective relies on the Group's Capital Management Policies and in conjunction with these was met for the reporting periods.
The Group considers expected cash flows from financial assets in assessing and managing liquidity risk in particular its cash resources and trade receivables. This includes assessing the likelihood of the second placement of \$1.5m from institutional investors that is considered likely to be received with 24 months.
As at 30 June 2021 the Group's derivative and non-derivative financial liabilities have contractual maturities as summarised below:
| 2021 Current within 6 months \$ |
2021 Current within 6 to 12months \$ |
2021 Non current 1 to 5 years \$ |
2020 Current within 6 months \$ |
2020 Current within 6 to 12 months \$ |
2020 Non current 1 to 5 years \$ |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trade and other payables |
1,108,116 | - | - | 946,268 | - | - |
| Directors' loans | - | - | - | - | 1,100,000 | - |
| Total non-derivative financial liabilities |
1,108,116 | - | - | 946,268 | 1,100,000 | - |
| Institutional placement |
- | - | 3,042,802 | - | - | - |
| Total derivative financial liabilities |
- | - | 3,042,802 | - | - | - |
The ability of the institutional investors to require settlement of the derivative financial instrument in Note 20 has not been included in the table above because such a settlement is planned to be in shares.
f. Credit risk
Credit risk refers to the risk that a counter party will default on its contractual obligations resulting in a financial loss to the Group.
Credit risk arises from cash and cash equivalents, deposits with banks and financial institutions, as well as credit exposure to customers, including outstanding receivables, committed transactions and shareholder loans.
The Group has adopted a policy of only dealing with creditworthy counter parties as a means of mitigating the risk of financial loss from defaults.
Other financial assets at amortised cost include loans to shareholders.
The Group applies the AASB 9 simplified model of recognising lifetime expected credit losses for loans to shareholders as these items do not have a significant financing component.
In measuring the expected credit losses, loans to shareholders have been assessed on a collective basis as they possess shared credit risk characteristics. They have been grouped based on the days past due and also according to the geographical location of customers.
The expected loss rates are based on the repayment profile over the past 48 months before 30 June 2021 as well as the corresponding historical credit losses during that period. The historical rates are adjusted to reflect current and forwarding looking factors affecting the customer's ability to settle the amount outstanding. The Group has identified liquidity in the Company's shares to be the most relevant factor and adjusts loss rates for expected changes in these factors.
Loans to shareholders are written off (ie derecognised) when there is significant change in the share price of the Company and a likely change in the expectation of recovery. The Company share price at 30 June 2021, the failure to make payments at the loan due date and to engage with the Group on alternative payment arrangement amongst other is considered indicative of a reduced expectation of recovery.
On the above basis the expected credit loss for the shareholder loan as at 30 June 2021 was determined as follows:
| Stage 1 \$ |
Stage 2 \$ |
Stage 3 \$ |
Total \$ |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expected credit loss rate | 0% | 33% | 100% | - |
| Gross carrying amount | - | 870,227 | - | 870,227 |
| Lifetime expected credit loss | - | (300,000) | - | (300,000) |
g. Capital management policies and procedures
The Group's capital management objectives are:
- To ensure the Group's ability to continue as a going concern
- To provide an adequate return to shareholders
The Group monitors capital on the basis of the carrying amount of equity less cash and cash equivalents as presented on the face of the statement of financial position and cash flow.
Management assesses the Group's capital requirements in order to maintain an efficient overall financing structure while avoiding excessive leakage. The Group manages the capital structure and makes adjustments to it in the light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of the underlying assets.
There have been no changes to management's approach during the period.
35. Fair value measurement
The Group's assets and liabilities measured or disclosed at fair value are valued using a three level hierarchy, based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the entire fair value measurement, being:
- Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity can access at the measurements date
- Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly
Level 3: Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability
The Group's assets and liabilities that are measured or disclosed at fair value as are follows
| 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2020 (Restated) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 \$ |
Level 2 \$ |
Level 3 \$ |
Total \$ |
Total \$ |
|
| Financial Assets | |||||
| Sangui Bio Pty Ltd Investment |
- | - | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | 1,225,000 |
| Financial Liabilities | |||||
| Derivative Financial Instrument - Institutional placement |
- | 3,042,802 | - | 3,042,802 | - |
There were no transfers between levels during the financial year.
There is no significant portion of any gain/loss arising from the re-measurement of credit risk included in the carrying amount of the financial liabilities that are carried at fair value.
The following table shows a reconciliation from the opening balances to the closing balance for Level 3 fair values.
| 2021 \$ |
2020 (Restated) \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Opening Balance | 1,225,000 | 1,050,000 |
| Net change in fair value included in profit or loss |
525,000 | 175.000 |
| Closing Balance | 1,750.000 | 1,225,000 |
The following table shows the valuation techniques used to measure the carrying amounts of the Groups assets and liabilities that are measured or disclosed at fair value:
| Valuation technique |
Significant unobservable input |
Interrelation between inputs and measurement |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Assets | |||
| Sangui Bio Pty Ltd Investment |
Share price occurring in dilutive capital raise event within 1 month of reporting date (2020: 2 months within reporting date) |
Price per share |
The estimated fair value would increase (decrease) if the price per share would increase (decrease) |
| Financial Liabilities | |||
| Monte Carlo | Volatility – 80% |
Higher volatility increases the time value of the option |
|
| Borrowings - Institutional placement |
Simulation Option Pricing Model |
Discount for lack of marketability – 20.2% |
Lower /(higher) DLOM would increase (decrease) the value of the instrument |
For the valuation of the institutional placement the discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) has been unwound on a pro-rata basis, over the likely exercisable period of 12 months.
| Price Per Share |
Amount of shares |
Total Valuation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sangui Bio Pty Ltd Investment | \$2.50 | 700,000 | 1,750,000 |
36. Parent entity information
Set out below is the supplementary information about Regeneus Ltd, the parent entity.
| 2021 \$ |
2020 (Restated) \$ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Statement of financial position | ||
| Current assets | 6,792,695 | 3,484,187 |
| Total assets | 8,510,343 | 4,789,459 |
| Current liabilities | 1,296,791 | 3,632,507 |
| Total liabilities | 4,364,878 | 3,695,421 |
| Net assets | 4,145,465 | 1,094,038 |
| Issued capital | 38,258,870 | 36,358,675 |
| Other contributed equity | - | 1,797,017 |
| Retained earnings | (34,648,789) | (37,493,175) |
| Option reserve | 535,384 | 431,521 |
| Total equity | 4,145,465 | 1,094,038 |
| Statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income | ||
| Profit / (Loss) for the year | 2,759,061 | (894,046) |
| Other comprehensive income | - | - |
| Total comprehensive profit or (loss) | 2,759,061 | (894,046) |
The parent entity does not have any guarantees, contingent liabilities or contractual commitments that have not otherwise been stated.
37. Subsequent events
In the period from 30 June 2021 through to the signing of the financial report the following important events have occurred:
Effective from 1 July 2021 Hang Ling (Helen) Leung has been appointed as Company Secretary of Regeneus. This follows the resignation of Sandra McIntosh who had been with the company since 2009.
On 28 July 2021 Regeneus announced a research collaboration with Professor Christopher Little and the Raymond Purves Bone and Joint Research Laboratory at the Kolling Institute at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia.
This study will further explore the disease modifying effects of Progenza™ and assess Progenza™'s effect in modulating the inflammatory and immune responses in a preclinical model of post-traumatic osteoarthritis.
On 13 October 2021 New Life Sciences exercised its first subscription rights in relation to \$200,000 of its initial investment of \$1,500,000 and 2,898,551 ordinary shares in Regeneus were issued to New Life Sciences at \$0.069 per share on 14 October 2021. This first subscription right reduces the derivative financial instrument and they have until May 2023 to exercise the initial investment in full.
Apart from the above, there are no other matters or circumstances that have arisen since the end of the year that have significantly affected or may significantly affect either the entity's operations in future financial years, the results of those operations in future financial years or the entity's state of affairs in future financial years.
Directors' declaration
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In the opinion of the Directors of the Group:
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a. The consolidated financial statements and notes are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including:
- i. Giving a true and fair view of its financial position as at 30 June 2021 and of its performance for the financial year ended on that date; and
- ii. Complying with Accounting Standards (including the Australian Accounting Interpretations) and the Corporations Regulations 2001; and
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b. There are reasonable grounds to believe that the Group will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable.
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The Directors have been given the declarations required by Section 295A of the Corporations Act 2001 from the chief executive officer for the financial year ended 30 June 2021.
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Note 2 confirms that the consolidated financial statements also comply with International Financial Reporting Standards.
Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors:
Non-executive Chairman Barry Sechos
Dated 26 October 2021

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Independent Auditor's Report
To the Members of Regeneus Ltd
Report on the audit of the financial report
Opinion
We have audited the financial report of Regeneus Ltd (the Company) and its subsidiaries (the Group), which comprises the consolidated statement of financial position as at 30 June 2021, the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity and consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies, and the Directors' declaration.
In our opinion, the accompanying financial report of the Group is in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including:
- a giving a true and fair view of the Group's financial position as at 30 June 2021 and of its performance for the year ended on that date; and
- b complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 and the ethical requirements of the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board's APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including Independence Standrads) (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have also fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Emphasis of matter
We draw attention to Note 33 in the financial statements, which indicates the Group identified that it had an equity investment that had not been remeasured in its financial statements since its acquisition in 2016, and that the errors have been corrected by restating each of the affected financial statement line items for prior periods. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
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Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the financial report of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial report as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Key audit matter How our audit addressed the key audit matter
| Revenue recognition – Kyocera Corporation Licence and Collaboration Agreement (Note 6 ) |
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| In August 2020, the Group entered into a material Collaboration Agreement and Licence with Kyocera Corporation. The contract included \$17 million USD of milestone payments. During the year, the first milestone payment of \$4 million USD was received. In accordance with AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, the Group needs to assess the contract in respect to the 5 -step model outlined by the standard. This area is a key audit matter due to the material nature of the transaction, significant judgement involved in determining performance obligations, allocation of the transaction price and the revenue that should be recognised under AASB 15. |
Our procedures included, amongst others: • obtaining and reading the underlying agreement between the Group and the counterparty; • obtaining management's expert's assessment of the accounting treatment of the different elements of the contract, including identification of performance obligations, assessment of the risk of significant reversal, allocation of the transaction price and basis of recognising of revenue; • assessing the appropriateness of the accounting treatment applied in line with AASB 15; • agreeing performance obligations fulfilled, and milestone payment received during the year to supporting documentation; and • assessing the adequacy of the relevant disclosures in the financial statements. |
| Recognition of R&D Tax Incentive (Note 6 ) |
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| Under the research and development (R&D) tax incentive, the Group receives of 43.5% refundable tax offset (2020: 43.5%) of eligible expenditure if its aggregated turnover is less tha n \$20 million per annum. A Registration of R&D Activities Application is file with AusIndustry in the following financial year and, based on this filing, the Group receives the incentive in cash. Management's expert performed a detailed review of the Group's total R&D expenditure to estimate the refundable tax offset receivable under the R&D tax incentive legislation. |
Our procedures included, amongst others: • obtaining, through discussions with management and management's expert, an understanding of the process to estimate the claim; • utilising an internal R&D tax specialist to: • review the expenditure methodology employed by management for consistency with the R&D tax offset rules; and • consider the nature of the expenses against the eligibility criteria of the R&D tax incentive scheme to form a view about whether the |
| This area is a key audit matter due to the size of the receivable and because there is a degree of judgement and interpretation of the R&D tax legislation required by management and management's expert to assess the eligibility of the R&D expenditure under the scheme. |
expenses included in the estimate were likely to meet the eligibility criteria; • inspecting supporting documentation for a sample of expenses claimed to assess validity of the claimed amount and eligibility against the |
- expenses included in the estimate were likely to • inspecting supporting documentation for a
- the claimed amount and eligibility against the R&D tax incentive scheme criteria;
- comparing the nature of the R&D expenditure included in the current year estimate to the prior year claim;
- considering the entity's history of successful claims; • comparing the eligible expenditure used in the
- receivable calculation to the expenditure recorded in the general ledger;
- selecting a sample of R&D expenditure and agreeing to supporting documentation to ensure appropriate classification;
- inspecting copies of relevant correspondence with AusIndustry and the ATO related to the claims; and
- assessing the adequacy of the relevant disclosures in the financial statements.

the obligation by reference to a 5
average price
Classification and Valuation of Subscription agreement (Note 20 )
agreement and a further investment of \$1,500,000 in a second placement (also with a subscription price of \$1,590,000) to be received within 6 months of the initial placement. The agreement allows Regeneus to issue ordinary shares to settle
-day volume weighted
During the year, the Group entered a 3 tranche subscription Our procedures included, amongst others:
- agreement with New Life Sciences Capital LLC for up to \$4.5 million. The first tranche of \$1.5 million (subscription price of 1.59 million) was received in May 2021 upon entering the • obtaining and reading the underlying agreement between the Group and the counterparty; • obtaining management's experts' assessment of the
- accounting treatment of the different elements of the agreement, their application of AASB 9 and their valuation of the elements recognised;
- assessing the appropriateness of the accounting treatment applied in line with AASB 9;
- recalculating management's experts's valuation of the elements of the agreement;
- performing sensitivity analyses over elements of the valuation that require estimation; and
- assessing the adequacy of the relevant disclosures in the financial statements.
In accordance with AASB 9 Financial Instruments, the agreement must be classified as debt or equity. The determination of the classification is dependent on requisite conditions as stated in the underlying agreement. Consideration must also be given to whether there are any embedded derivatives in the agreement that are required to recognised at fair value at reporting date. The agreement was classified as debt.
This area is a key audit matter due the significant judgement in assessing whether the agreement should be classified as debt or equity, and in the identification and valuation of derivative elements.
Information other than the financial report and auditor's report thereon
The Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Group's annual report for the year ended 30 June 2021, but does not include the financial report and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial report does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial report, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial report or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard .
Responsibilities of the Directors for the financial report
The Directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 and for such internal control as the Directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial report, the Directors are responsible for assessing the Group's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial report
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of this financial report.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial report is located at the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board website at: https://www.auasb.gov.au/admin/file/content102/c3/ar1_2020.pdf. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
Report on the remuneration report
Opinion on the remuneration report
We have audited the Remuneration Report included in pages 13 to 17 of the Directors' report for the year ended 30 June 2021.
In our opinion, the Remuneration Report of Regeneus Ltd for the year ended 30 June 2021 complies with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001.
Responsibilities
The Directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation and presentation of the Remuneration Report in accordance with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Remuneration Report, based on our audit conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards.
Grant Thornton Audit Pty Ltd Chartered Accountants
N J Bradley Partner – Audit & Assurance
Sydney, 26 October 2021
Shareholder Information
Additional information required by the Australian Securities Exchange and not shown elsewhere in this report is as follow. The information is effective 18 October 2021
Corporate Governance statement
In accordance with the ASX principles and recommendations, Regeneus Ltd's corporate governance statements can be reviewed on the Company website at:
www.regeneus.com.au/investors/corporate-governance/
Distribution of equitable securities
Analysis of number of equitable security holders by size of holding
| Shareholder category | Number of holders of ordinary shares |
|---|---|
| 1 to 1,000 | 64 |
| 1,001 to 5,000 | 245 |
| 5,001 to 10,000 | 306 |
| 10,001 to 100,000 | 817 |
| 100,001 and over | 336 |
| Total | 1,768 |
Substantial Holders
Substantial holders in the Company are as follows
| Shareholder | Number of holders of ordinary shares |
|---|---|
| AGC INC | 22,459,393 |
| Leo Lee | 15,890,893 |
| Vesey Investments | 15,879,968 |
| Kirman 2 Pty Ltd & Brian Michael Sherman | 15,760,892 |
Voting rights
Ordinary Shares All ordinary shares carry one vote per share without restriction
Options No voting rights
Buy back of shares
There is no buy back of shares on offer
Unissued equity securities
Total number of unissued equity securities is equal to 1,500,000
Equity Security Holders
Twenty largest quoted equity security holders
The names of the twenty largest security holders of quoted equity securities are listed below:
| Number Held | Ordinary Shares % of total shares issued |
|
|---|---|---|
| AGC INC | 22,459,393 | 7.33% |
| HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED |
21,653,687 | 7.07% |
| CITICORP NOMINEES PTY LIMITED | 21,604,144 | 7.05% |
| BNP PARIBAS NOMINEES PTY LTD | 20,424,672 | 6.67% |
| J P MORGAN NOMINEES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED |
13,699,060 | 4.47% |
| I'ROM GROUP CO LTD | 9,144,043 | 2.98% |
| MR THOMAS GEORG MECHTERSHEIMER | 6,133,433 | 2.00% |
| MRS JULIA CAROLINE HUGHES | 5,617,065 | 1.83% |
| SMC CAPITAL PTY LTD | 5,216,726 | 1.70% |
| MR JOHN DOMINIC MARTIN | 4,016,941 | 1.31% |
| MLB HOLDINGS PTY LTD | 3,500,000 | 1.14% |
| MAXIMUM (NQ) PTY LTD | 3,041,666 | 0.99% |
| BNP PARIBAS NOMS PTY LTD | 2,898,563 | 0.95% |
| BUBBLING WELLS PTY LTD | 2,500,000 | 0.82% |
| MCGUIRE FAMILY HOLDINGS PTY LTD | 2,350,000 | 0.77% |
| LIDDLE INVESTMENTS GROUP PTY LTD | 2,202,859 | 0.72% |
| DR MARC RONALD WILKINS | 2,020,676 | 0.66% |
| KBROSS PTY LTD | 2,000,000 | 0.65% |
| MARK TIMNEY | 1,750,000 | 0.57% |
| JEFFREY CHUN KIM KHOO | 1,750,000 | 0.57% |
| MRS CIARA YVONNE KELLY & MR PAUL DOMINIC KELLY |
1,735,643 | 0.57% |
| Total | 155,718,571 | 50.82% |
| Balance of Register | 150,718,343 | 49.18% |
| Total | 306,436,914 | 100.00% |
Securities exchange
The Company was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange on 19 September 2013.
Electronic communications
Regeneus encourages shareholders to receive information electronically. Shareholders who currently receive information by post can log in at www.linkmarketservices.com.au to provide their email address and elect to receive electronic communications.
Electronic communications allows Regeneus to communicate with shareholders faster and reduce its use of paper.
Cash usage
Since listing on the ASX on 19 September 2013, the Group has used its cash and assets in a form readily converted to cash that it had at the time of admission to the official list of ASX in a manner consistent with its business objectives


Registered Office and Principal Place of Business
2 Paddington Street Paddington, NSW 2021
Board of Directors
Barry Sechos (Non-executive Chairman)
Professor Graham Vesey (Executive Director)
Dr John Chiplin (Non-executive Director)
Leo Lee (Non-executive Director)
Chief Executive Officer
Karolis Rosickas
Company Secretary
Hang Ling (Helen) Leung
Lawyers
Dentons Australia Pty Ltd 77 Castlereagh Street Sydney NSW 2000
Auditors
Grant Thornton Audit Pty Ltd Level 17, 383 Kent St Sydney NSW 2000
Patent Attorneys
Spruson & Ferguson Level 35, 31 Market Street Sydney, NSW 2000
Share Registry
Link Market Services Limited Level 12, 680 George Street Sydney, NSW 2000
Stock Exchange Listing
Australian Securities Exchange ASX Code: RGS


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